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“Beyond Section 79”
Apar Gupta Partner
Consilience 2010Internet intermediary liability in India
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1. Intermediary Litigation Trends
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2. Safe Harbor Provision(s)
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3. Courts will go ‘beyond Section 79’
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1974
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE REGULATION ACT
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60%
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1977
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Exit India
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Identifiable Patterns
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ONE
legal uncertainty risks
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TWO
compliance costs exceeds market benefits
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THREE
compliance conflicts with the central ethos
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Exit India
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Are we promoting the same legal climate ?
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1. Intermediary Litigation Trends
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A. Intellectual Property Litigation
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Trademarks
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Exit
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Copyright
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B. Sensitivity Litigation
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Pornography
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Defamation
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Community and Leaders
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2. Uncertainty on Section 79
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a success
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an arrest
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an amendment
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“The combined interpretation of Sections 79 and 81 of the amended IT Act has been discussed on SpicyIP in quite a few posts with the comments equally providing a lot of food for thought. Some of us argue that the proviso to Section 81 has the effect of depriving an ISP of the exemption to liability available under Section 79 and a few others are of the opinion that the proviso only clarifies that rights available to any party under the Copyright Act will not be nullified by any provision of the IT Act. It will be interesting to watch how the Court interprets these provisions.”
J. Sai Deepak
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An Amendment (substiution)
I think a great many practical absurdities will result by applying legal logic strictly. Which is why I believe that we (or at least I) need to think through the issue of primary liability of intermediaries more carefully.
Pranesh Prakash
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indeterminacy
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legal uncertainty risks
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2010 instead of 2004
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no bar to suits/criminal cases
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shotgun pleadingscivil cases
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civil cases
ORDER 39 Rules 1 and 2
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more 3 years non-bailable section 77B
criminal cases
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apply for bail section 67 IT Act, 292 and 294 IPC
criminal cases
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passport will be impounded conditions for grant of bail
criminal cases
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personal attendance conditions for grant of bail
criminal cases
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trial
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evidence
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dismissal of Suit Order 7, Rule 11
civil cases
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quashing of FIR / Charges Section 482 of the Cr.Pc.
criminal cases
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equitable relief in the interim
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3. Courts will go ‘beyond Section 79’
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indeterminacy
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beyond section 79
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1. exemptions will be strictly construed
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2. inherent passivity
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3. compliance alacrity
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Section 79 (2)(a), (b) and 3(a)
inherent passivity
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Section 79 (2)(c) and 3(b)compliance alacrity
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4. bad actors will be punished
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I admit
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It is still hazy
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but some issues are clear
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ONE
legal uncertainty risks
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uncertainty will have chilling effects
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VC funding may be hit
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the dangers of litigation
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TWO
compliance costs exceeds market benefits
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THREE
compliance conflicts with the central ethos
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exit india
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