Electronic Commerce Law
Another CAT
Image via Wikipedia Judicial arrears and case pendency are not a new problem. We have been dealing with these issues and problems for some time now. The setting up of quasi-judicial tribunals was seen as one way of reducing this pendency. Here tribunals would adjudicate disputes based on their thin and defined areas of competence [...]
For Reasons of State : Part 1
A post on why I strangely find myself supporting the government on privacy intrusion This is the first of my two part blogpost’s on the proposed ban on blackberry services in India. These series discusses the demand for establishing a blackberry server in India for the interception of communications. I argue that this an indicia [...]
On Thievery
Alok Kejriwal the founder of games2win.com has written a snappy piece on successfully shifting his business model due to mass piracy of the games created by his company. He shifted from a proprietary format of content creation for revenue generation to embedding advertisements and products in his games. Hence every time his flash game was [...]
article on online privacy in india
The Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT), arguably the one of the best journals on law and technology published in India in its latest issue has published my article on Balancing Online Privacy in India. Leaving aside my visible bias for the journal, the article examines how courts have responded in cases of state [...]
Consilience 2010 | A Confrence on Internet intermediary liability in India | May 29-30, 2010 | Bangalore
Internet Intermediary Liability is no longer the dark horse in the field of technology law. With the increasing controversy around it resulting in the arrest of a CEO of a multinational company, [The Bazee.com case] and in light of the recent amendments to the IT Act, the topic has received much attention, with increasing apprehension [...]
First Impressions on the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Thanks to PRS Legislative the Copyright Act Amendment Bill, 2010 is finally online. While glancing through the bill I noticed four provisions which can have direct impact on electronic commerce. The first two are exceptions from Copyright Liability where provisions have been inserted to further shield intermediaries. Here, Sec. 52(1)(b) contains a [...]
the utilitarian critique of E2 Labs v. Zone-H
Image by ulle.b via Flickr Most litigation lawyers are aware of the incredible power of interim orders. These orders acquire a heightened status due to the prolonged delays which beset our adjudicatory institutions. Often these delays morph interim orders into perpetual ones. Hence, they turn from merely protecting the rights of the Plaintiff to offending [...]
burn after reading
Image via Wikipedia On any given day I am offered a Russian mail order bride, Viagra Prozac and other controlled drugs from Canadian pharmacies, win a billion Euros in a British lottery and asked for assistance to set up a fund transfer for the progeny of deposed despots from Nigeria. Beyond this spam, once a [...]
Schadenfreude in Mandarin
Image by Getty Images via Daylife With Google exiting china we can hardly hide our glee. It seems the tiger may finally steal a march over the dragon. Pop nationalistic sentiment may rise in some newspaper columns and talk shows calling it a victory of models of government. The model’s of government debate which is [...]
Who am I to you?
Image via Wikipedia From the early 1980’s to the late 1990’s bollywood as a content production industry believed religiously in the application of “formulas” and “equations” for achieving success at the Box-Office. Rajshree Productions was one of the movie production houses which routinely used to practice this arithmetic. In the 1994 movie “Hum Aapke Hain [...]
