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SFLC.IN is a donor supported legal services organisation that  brings together lawyers, policy analysts, technologists, and students to protect freedom in the digital world. SFLC.IN promotes innovation and open access to knowledge by helping developers make great Free and Open Source Software, protect privacy and civil liberties for citizens in the digital world by educating and providing free legal advice and help policy makers make informed and just decisions with the use and adoption of technology. SFLC.IN is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, operating all over India.
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by sflc_admin    |    January 20, 2016So while all of us were busy turning the consultation paper on differential pricing of data services put out by TRAI into a battle ground for Net Neutrality in India, on the sidelines, we...
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by sflc_admin    |    January 14, 2016Based on the comments received by TRAI on the Consultation Paper on Different Pricing for Data Services, SFLC.in has submitted these counter comments as solicited by TRAI. Below is the full text of the...
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by sflc_admin    |    January 8, 2016Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had published a consultation paper on 9 December 2015, seeking opinions from stakeholders on “Differential Pricing of Data Services”.Below is the full text of our submission to TRAI....
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by sflc_admin    |    January 6, 2016Mozilla Wants To Split Off Its Thunderbird Email/Chat ClientThe Mozilla Foundation looks like it’s about to take another step in its  bid to sharpen its focus on development around its Firefox browser. Mozilla...
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Panelists on Collaborative Innovation at Global IP Congress
by sflc_admin    |    January 6, 2016SFLC.in was represented on two of the panels on Global IP Congress 2015 held at National Law School, New Delhi between 15th and 17th of December 2015.Panel on Collaborative Innovations – 16 December 2015The...
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by sflc_admin    |    December 19, 2015On 14th December 2015, the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Mr. Om Prakash Gupta, ordered that the recently released 2015 “Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs)” shall be kept...
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by sflc_admin    |    December 11, 2015‘What are people’s rights in the digital world? – Moving towards a digital social contract’ (Bengaluru, 4-5 December, 2015)SFLC.in participated in a 2 day workshop organized by IT for Change in Bengaluru on the...
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by sflc_admin    |    December 11, 2015The Telecom regulatory Authority of India has issued a Consultation Paper on Differential Pricing for Data Services on November 9, 2015 and invited public comments to be sent by December 30, 2015.  The paper...
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by sflc_admin    |    December 10, 2015A record of instances of Internet censorship in India between 2012 and 2015 is depicted in the info-graphic below; details of these can be accessed here. First published here.Original author: sflc_admin...
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by sflc_admin    |    December 7, 2015The Rise of the Open-Source PlatformThe success of closed-source companies (like Microsoft in the early days of the digital revolution) made it easy to write off open source as a niche movement with little real-world...
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by sflc_admin    |    December 3, 2015With the advent of the internet, the global communications landscape has undergone a number of dramatic changes. Not only has the internet made communications technology more universal and affordable, it has also provided...
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Standard Essential Patents - Overview
by sflc_admin    |    December 1, 2015On 3rd November 2015, SFLC.in participated in a panel on Intellectual Property Enforcement at the International Conference on Evolving Regime on Intellectual Property, where we spoke about the recent litigation around Standard Essential...
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Internet Governance Forum 2015, Brazil
by sflc_admin    |    November 30, 2015Implementing Core Principles in the Digital AgeMishi Choudhary on the panel talking about privacy, surveillance and its role in a free democracy. She also discusses self assigned innovation by technologists which the example...
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by sflc_admin    |    November 24, 2015The draft outcome document of the “United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society” scheduled for 15-16...
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by sflc_admin    |    November 6, 2015Free and open source Android framework attempts to replace Google Play ServicesGoogle’s Android operating system may be open source software, but some of the most popular Android apps including YouTube, Google Maps, and...
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