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25 September 2015
Tech, Media, Comms

Enigma: Why good encryption is important (if you're a good guy)When the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) published the Draft National Encryption Policy last week, it probably did not expect to have it withdrawn in just a few days' time. After facing a seething attack from all quarters, the IT Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, announced that the draft policy was not the government’s final view, and a revised policy would soon be published.

04 August 2015
Tech, Media, Comms

Oops, we copy-pasted it wrong“I reject with contempt the charge that it is a Talibani government, as being said by some of the critics. Our government supports free media,” said telecoms minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, saying that ISPs were ordered today to unblock websites that did not contain pornography that were accidentally included in the secret list of 857 pornographic sites to be blocked in India online.

03 August 2015
Tech, Media, Comms

CollegeHumor: Porny?The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) India, has published the Department of Telecommunication (DOT) letter ordering internet providers to block 857 websites.

02 August 2015
Tech, Media, Comms

Khajuraho Lakshmana Temple: Not yet blockedIndian internet service providers (ISPs) received a notice from the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) two days ago (31 July), ordering the blocking of 857 websites, many of which appeared to host pornography, according to an authoritative source at an ISP.

01 August 2015
Tech, Media, Comms

Offline pornSeveral pornography web sites are currently inaccessible in India on several internet service providers (ISPs).

27 July 2015
Tech, Media, Comms

TV SpamThe Delhi high court will hear a PIL by NGO Media Watch-India against all private DTH players and the Central Government for flouting existing laws regarding Direct to Home broadcasting, according to an article by the organisation on factly (republished in full below).

19 February 2015
Tech, Media, Comms

Rajiv DuttaThe question of whether Sports Federations perform important public functions during course of administration of sports disciplines has been the bone of contention for a long time in India, argues senior counsel Rajiv Dutta.

13 February 2015
Tech, Media, Comms

ddd2113bThe Caravan magazine’s website has published an internal Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) memo to its regional offices, with a list of words that should be banned from movies and other media it is responsible for censoring.

12 February 2014
Tech, Media, Comms

Kian GanzLegally India editor Kian Ganz was in an online Q&A today, fielding some excellent and insightful questions on freedom of speech for an hour from CNN-IBN’s viewers. It was fun! Do read and let us know your thoughts.

10 February 2014
Tech, Media, Comms

The chilling effect of the Delhi high court’s gag order it the Swatanter Kumar case is only the latest in a long line of examples of the media losing out in its fight to report on the judiciary, argues advocate Prashant Reddy.

12 August 2013
Tech, Media, Comms

dfazdj1wIn a remarkable recent decision, the Supreme Court of India held that the doctrine of ‘patent illegality’ was not an argument against the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award.

23 April 2013
Tech, Media, Comms

Olswang partner Jonathan ChooOlswang associate Shaun LeeOlswang Singapore dissects how and why governing law is vital when drafting of dispute resolution clauses.

14 March 2013
Tech, Media, Comms

Olswang partner Jonathan ChooOlswang associate Shaun LeeOlswang Singapore-based partner Jonathan Choo and associate Shaun Lee examine what happens when outsourcing contracts end – as they sometimes do - in this third deep and incisive insight in the Technology and Outsourcing Hot Spots Series.

27 February 2013
Tech, Media, Comms

Olswang partner Jonathan ChooOlswang associate Shaun LeeOlswang Singapore-based partner Jonathan Choo and associate Shaun Lee examine governance and change control procedures in outsourcing contracts in this second fascinating post in their Technology and Outsourcing Hot Spots Series.