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    As digital piracy rises amid pandemic, original content creators losing money: EY

    • 07.06.2021
    • The Hindu

    The shift of organised content from theatres to OTT platforms with the advent of new technologies has also increased digital piracy as these platforms don't come for free.

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    Florida moves against foreign theft of intellectual property

    • 07.06.2021
    • Outlook India

    One of the bills signed into law by DeSantis would require universities to report any gifts of $50,000 from a foreign source and would compel them to more thoroughly screen foreign applicants for research positions. Research institutes would have to report all work-related travel to foreign counties.

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    A G-7 deal on a global minimum tax for companies faces hurdles

    • 07.06.2021
    • Livemint

    Many governments are likely to wait and see what others, especially a divided U.S. Congress, will do to put the deal into effect.

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    Can IBF impact IAMAI’s hold on OTT sector?

    • 07.06.2021
    • Exchange4media.com

    Experts say that while IBF may be better placed than IAMAI to settle complaints, whoever evolves strongly will ultimately have an edge in attracting new platforms.

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    The Beginning of the End of Online Piracy in Canada?

    • 07.06.2021
    • The Spotlight

    Federal Court of Appeal Approves Site-Blocking Order: The Consequences.

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    Indian tech leader urges embrace of cryptocurrency as an asset class

    • 07.06.2021
    • Financial Times

    Nandan Nilekani says treating crypto as a commodity could add wealth to country’s economy.

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    Data usage per subscriber in India up by 43 times in 6 years, cost dips by 96%

    • 07.06.2021
    • Times of India

    In 2014, data usage per subscriber in India was 3.2GB while customers paid Rs 269 per GB. The cost dipped to just Rs 10.9/GB in 2020, while data usage jumped to 141 GB per user - but not all data is used for surfing the internet.

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    Europe’s AI rules open door to mass use of facial recognition, critics warn

    • 07.06.2021
    • Politico

    Activists fear loopholes in the bloc’s artificial intelligence bill could allow for widespread facial recognition beyond Europe’s borders.

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    New IT rules only to tackle misuse of social media, give users redressal mechanism, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

    • 06.06.2021
    • The Hindu

    On the issue of tracing the originator of WhatsApp messages, the Minister asserted that ordinary users of WhatsApp have nothing to fear.

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    G7 decision to force Amazon, FB, Google pay tax where services sold: CAIT

    • 06.06.2021
    • The Free Press Journal

    The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has hailed and appreciated the agreement reached out between members of Group of Seven (G7) at their meeting on Saturday where the world's richest nations agreed to close cross-border tax loopholes used by some of the biggest multinational companies and have decided to back a minimum global corporation tax rate of at least 15 per cent.

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