FSUG-Bangalore April 2012

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[Fwd: Save the date: International Day Against DRM — May 4, 2012]
by V. Sasi Kumar 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

-------- Forwarded Message -------- From: DefectiveByDesign.org <info(a)defectivebydesign.org> Reply-to: "DefectiveByDesign.org" <info(a)defectivebydesign.org> To: Sasi Kumar <sasi.fsf(a)gmail.com> Subject: Save the date: International Day Against DRM — May 4, 2012 Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:02:14 -0400 Defective by Design While DRM has largely been defeated in downloaded music, it is a growing problem in the area of ebooks, where people have had their books restricted so they can't freely loan, re-sell or donate them, read them without being tracked, or move them to a new device without re-purchasing all of them. They've even had their ebooks deleted by companies without their permission. It continues to be a major issue in the area of movies and video too. Join us in working to eliminate DRM! Please visit dayagainstdrm.org for more information. On May 4th, the Defective by Design DRM Elimination Crew will of course be running an event in Boston. But for this day to send a strong message against DRM, we need people all over the world to join us and hold their own events! As well as attending or running events, you can join other activists in blogging about DRM, putting up banners on your Web sites and blogs, talking about DRM on your social networks and more. See below for an evolving list of all the different ways you can help raise awareness. Please mark your calendars, and join the Day Against DRM mailing list for frequent updates between now and May 4th. Please visit dayagainstdrm.org for more information. Matt, Josh, John and Richard The DRM Elimination Crew -- Follow us on identi.ca at http://identi.ca/dbd | Subscribe to our blogs via RSS at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/rss.xml | Donate to support the campaign at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/donate/1 Defective by Design is a campaign of the Free Software Foundation: 51 Franklin Street Fifth Floor Boston, MA 02110-1335 United States You can unsubscribe from this mailing list by visiting the link http://crm.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe?reset=1&jid=126017&qid=19204…. To stop all email from the Free Software Foundation, including Defective by Design, and the Free Software Supporter newsletter, click this link: http://crm.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=1&jid=126017&qid=1920450&h=…. -- V. Sasi Kumar Free Software Foundation of India http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

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Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship
by VIGNESH PRABHU 12 Apr '12

12 Apr '12

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]. If you are in Bangalore, please join us on 5:00 pm on 21st April at Town Hall. 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_ItIntermedi… [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-t… -- Regards, Vignesh http://fsmk.org

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[OT] [Jobs] Openings at HashCube
by Deepan Chakravarthy 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

Hi All, We have 4 openings at HashCube for Software Engineers. HashCube is a social gaming company based in Bangalore. HashCube owns the most popular Sudoku app on Facebook with more than 1.5 million users. We work on PHP, JavaScript, MySql, Linux, Memcache, AWS etc. You can find more details about the openings at http://hashcube.com/careers.php We offer competitive salaries. Freshers are also encouraged to apply. How to apply: http://hashcube.com/careers.php Regards Deepan +91 9945702482 http://www.hashcube.com http://twitter.com/codeshepherd

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FSUG-Bangalore April 2012