---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 17:52 Subject: [ilugb] Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship
Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship
The Government notified on April 13, 2011 the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 prescribing guidelines to be observed by the intermediaries. The rules were issued in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (zg) of subsection (2) of section 87 read with sub-section (2) of section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act 21 of 2000). The provisions of the new rules are unconstitutional as they affect the right to freedom of speech and expression as well as right to privacy of citizens, are arbitrary being violative of Art. 14 of the Constitution of India and are ultra vires of the parent act. SFLC.in [1] has come out with an ebook, Legal analysis of IT(Intermediaries guidelines)Rules 2011 [2] explaining the impact of the guidelines which the government has come up with.
FSMK[3] with support of other organizations is planning a national level campaign against this law which will be discussed in parliament on the second half of the budget session which starts from April 24th. Hence we have chosen 21st April for the nation wide campaign against the law. Content regarding the campaign and the issue is being updated, [4].
Please let me know if the organizations that you are associated with can support us for this campaign. We are maintaining a list of all organization who are supporting us [5].
Also please support this campaign by sharing the link of the website[4] and also by signing the petition [6].
We are also looking for any creative posters/ideas related to this topic which will help us in spreading the word. Please feel free to share such content with us so that we can update it in the website.
[1] - http://softwarefreedom.in/
[2] - [pdf] http://softwarefreedom.in/attachments/article/125/LegalAnalysis_ItIntermedia...
[3] - http://fsmk.org
[4] - http://friendsofinternet.wikispaces.com/
[5] - http://friendsofinternet.wikispaces.com/List+of+friends+of+internet
[6] - http://www.change.org/petitions/mps-of-india-support-the-annulment-motion-to...
Thanks for the mail Srikanth.
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.comwrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 17:52 Subject: [ilugb] Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship
Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship
The Government notified on April 13, 2011 the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 prescribing guidelines to be observed by the intermediaries. The rules were issued in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (zg) of subsection (2) of section 87 read with sub-section (2) of section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act 21 of 2000). The provisions of the new rules are unconstitutional as they affect the right to freedom of speech and expression as well as right to privacy of citizens, are arbitrary being violative of Art. 14 of the Constitution of India and are ultra vires of the parent act. SFLC.in [1] has come out with an ebook, Legal analysis of IT(Intermediaries guidelines)Rules 2011 [2] explaining the impact of the guidelines which the government has come up with.
FSMK[3] with support of other organizations is planning a national level campaign against this law which will be discussed in parliament on the second half of the budget session which starts from April 24th. Hence we have chosen 21st April for the nation wide campaign against the law. Content regarding the campaign and the issue is being updated, [4].
Please let me know if the organizations that you are associated with can support us for this campaign. We are maintaining a list of all organization who are supporting us [5].
Also please support this campaign by sharing the link of the website[4] and also by signing the petition [6].
We are also looking for any creative posters/ideas related to this topic which will help us in spreading the word. Please feel free to share such content with us so that we can update it in the website.
[1] - http://softwarefreedom.in/
[2] - [pdf] http://softwarefreedom.in/attachments/article/125/LegalAnalysis_ItIntermedia...
[3] - http://fsmk.org
[4] - http://friendsofinternet.wikispaces.com/
[5] - http://friendsofinternet.wikispaces.com/List+of+friends+of+internet
[6] - http://www.change.org/petitions/mps-of-india-support-the-annulment-motion-to...
-- Regards, Vignesh Software Engineer
http://2paisasbyviggy.wordpress.com/ http://fsmk.org
-- Regards Srikanth.L
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Not at all OT (unless the rules of this list say otherwise)
On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan srik.lak@gmail.comwrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 17:52 Subject: [ilugb] Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship
Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship
The Government notified on April 13, 2011 the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 prescribing guidelines to be observed by the intermediaries. The rules were issued in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (zg) of subsection (2) of section 87 read with sub-section (2) of section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act 21 of 2000). The provisions of the new rules are unconstitutional as they affect the right to freedom of speech and expression as well as right to privacy of citizens, are arbitrary being violative of Art. 14 of the Constitution of India and are ultra vires of the parent act. SFLC.in [1] has come out with an ebook, Legal analysis of IT(Intermediaries guidelines)Rules 2011 [2] explaining the impact of the guidelines which the government has come up with.
FSMK[3] with support of other organizations is planning a national level campaign against this law which will be discussed in parliament on the second half of the budget session which starts from April 24th. Hence we have chosen 21st April for the nation wide campaign against the law. Content regarding the campaign and the issue is being updated, [4].
Please let me know if the organizations that you are associated with can support us for this campaign. We are maintaining a list of all organization who are supporting us [5].
Also please support this campaign by sharing the link of the website[4] and also by signing the petition [6].
We are also looking for any creative posters/ideas related to this topic which will help us in spreading the word. Please feel free to share such content with us so that we can update it in the website.
[1] - http://softwarefreedom.in/
[2] - [pdf] http://softwarefreedom.in/attachments/article/125/LegalAnalysis_ItIntermedia...
[3] - http://fsmk.org
[4] - http://friendsofinternet.wikispaces.com/
[5] - http://friendsofinternet.wikispaces.com/List+of+friends+of+internet
[6] - http://www.change.org/petitions/mps-of-india-support-the-annulment-motion-to...
-- Regards, Vignesh Software Engineer
http://2paisasbyviggy.wordpress.com/ http://fsmk.org
-- Regards Srikanth.L
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On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 16:16, Vickram Crishna vvcrishna@radiophony.comwrote:
Not at all OT (unless the rules of this list say otherwise)
The reason I put OT was, we(community) haven't taken any stand if these affect us, leave alone the decision should we protested against it. So IMO topic is still OT to the list. This thread can change that state though. Lets forget chapter, IP since they wont be very comfortable to talk in public given their record[1][2] and might not be good idea for them to extend support too.
My intention of forwarding the mail was to get a pulse on 2 things.
1. Scrutiny of the act beyond "Internet Censorship" and more importantly where it conflicts with wikimedia movement's goals/mission.IMO while censorship itself is a good reason to run a protest campaign(geo-located banners if not Anti-SOPA style action). There are many legal experts from the community, I would love to hear their understanding/assessment of impact on this. May be someone could put up a page on meta about this?
2. Are there more people who are interested in this, to take this up on wiki (in form of an RfC?) and would it be a good idea? or staying silent like we have always been used to is a good thing?
[1] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaindia-l/2012-January/006508.ht... [2] I couldn't get a link on chapter's / IP stand on Maps issue during WCI, but IIRC both were clearly uncomfortable talking about it.
Excellent idea Logic. I wouldn't mind being part of an RfC if needed.
Hi friends,
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < parakara.ghoda@gmail.com> wrote:
Excellent idea Logic. I wouldn't mind being part of an RfC if needed.
Meanwhile as wikimedia community comes up with a decision on this issue, I would request all the members in this group to sign the petition on this issue, http://www.change.org/petitions/mps-of-india-support-the-annulment-motion-to...
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