Legal Aid Service

[HRA]

Dear friends,

I am a final year law student in one of the main 4 legal institiutions who give legal education to the society. therefore I thought to start a thread for the EK members who need legal aid and advices. so if you have any problems which related to the legal side I am gladly willing to help you.

So post here your problems(if its too private to post here pls PM me) and I will reply to them as I can.

and If there are lawyers and law students in Elakiri Join with me.Specially if there are law students we can discuss our educational matters also.so join with me.



P.S: I can't stay online for longtime.so I will reply you as soon as I can

 

[Mal Aiyya]

Good good~

Any knowledge about Cyber laws?

 

[mission]

nice

 

[HRA]

Good good~

Any knowledge about Cyber laws?

do you mean laws relating to the internet computers, softwares?, if its so there are no any law regarding that in sri lanaka.
but there are few exceptions
like " Buddimaya depala"(interlectual property law)

 

[gayan kalhara]

good thread, I have lot of questions in soft licensing(GPL/BSD/LGPL), can you help me ?

 

[HRA]

good thread, I have lot of questions in soft licensing(GPL/BSD/LGPL), can you help me ?

please be more specific machan, I want to know what exactly do you want to know as I am not familier with GPL/BSD/LGPL.

 

[gayan kalhara]

please be more specific machan, I want to know what exactly do you want to know as I am not familier with GPL/BSD/LGPL.

mm I C, those are FREE Software Licenses, I wanna know how they r working in SL, and how can we act in a License Violation, My major quiz, I wanna Combine GPL ver 2 Soft with a GPL 3 one. is dat illegal?, i know GPL 2 and 3 r nt compatible, so wht can i do ?

 

[HRA]

mm I C, those are FREE Software Licenses, I wanna know how they r working in SL, and how can we act in a License Violation, My major quiz, I wanna Combine GPL ver 2 Soft with a GPL 3 one. is dat illegal?, i know GPL 2 and 3 r nt compatible, so wht can i do ?

did you got these license from some software company isn't it? if that so is it a sri lanakn company? and when you got license did you enter any agreemant ?if that so you have to check whats in the agreemant.
me agreemant eka noyek types walin wenna pluwan directly eka agreemant ekak wage nowunata. (just like a privacy policy)

machan if u enter agreemant with the software company every thing depends on that agreemant.

 

[coolshano]

wow nice.....

 

[[DC]ASW]

Maxxaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[kosandpol]

do you mean laws relating to the internet computers, softwares?, if its so there are no any law regarding that in sri lanaka.
but there are few exceptions
like " Buddimaya depala"(interlectual property law)

dude! read your law books again!!
or better yet, buy NEW law books and read them!
There ARE laws relating to internet, computers and software laws in SL.

 

[kosandpol]

did you got these license from some software company isn't it? if that so is it a sri lanakn company? and when you got license did you enter any agreemant ?if that so you have to check whats in the agreemant.
me agreemant eka noyek types walin wenna pluwan directly eka agreemant ekak wage nowunata. (just like a privacy policy)

machan if u enter agreemant with the software company every thing depends on that agreemant.

I see that you know nothing about IP laws related to software.

 

[gayan kalhara]

did you got these license from some software company isn't it? if that so is it a sri lanakn company? and when you got license did you enter any agreemant ?if that so you have to check whats in the agreemant.
me agreemant eka noyek types walin wenna pluwan directly eka agreemant ekak wage nowunata. (just like a privacy policy)

machan if u enter agreemant with the software company every thing depends on that agreemant.

na GPL kiyanne universal FREE soft license ekak, EULA eka meekata sambanda na. (EULA ekath podi link ekak thiyenava thamai, mokada GPL (or other license) ekath ekka thamai EULA eka liyavenne

hari eeka paththakin thiyamu

Lankaave buddimaya deepala panathata Digital media ayithi venava neda?

meeka ape SBU (sinhala bloggers union) eke aapu gataluwak

api ape blogs vala daana articles samahara blogs valin vageema Digital magazine (hariyatama kiyanava nam Roo mag eken) horakam karala, kisima credit ekak denne nathuwa eyaalage kiyala pala karala salli hoyanava

ape blogs creative common law valin cover karala thiyenne, eeke hatiyata api non commercial purposes valata vitharak Copy karanna denava, habai credits ekka

eeth me mags valain ape artical yodaagena salli hoyanava

meekata apita ganna puluwan legal action eka mokadda?

api clues hatiyata monavada denna oone ?, digital media usaaviyakadi pili gannavada ?

 

[kosandpol]

api ape blogs vala daana articles samahara blogs valin vageema Digital magazine (hariyatama kiyanava nam Roo mag eken) horakam karala, kisima credit ekak denne nathuwa eyaalage kiyala pala karala salli hoyanava

Explicitly state what copyright laws are active for your blogs, in your blog's main page. Then they cannot claim ignorance in the matter.

 

[gayan kalhara]

I see that you know nothing about IP laws related to software.

can u hlp on dis

http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4659669&postcount=7

can i convert that combination (GPL2/GPL3) into GPL3 one,

ya its nt necessary for a simple soft, but ....

 

[kosandpol]

can u hlp on dis

http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4659669&postcount=7

can i convert that combination (GPL2/GPL3) into GPL3 one,

ya its nt necessary for a simple soft, but ....

well, I dont know much about either GPL2 or 3 but as far as what I've seen on the net, GPL2 offers more freedom over 3.
As for converting the license, yes you can convert from one to the other. The difference is in the limits either license sets.

 

[gayan kalhara]

Explicitly state what copyright laws are active for your blogs, in your blog's main page. Then they cannot claim ignorance in the matter.

is dat creative common Statement will do dat ?

but they JUST IGNORE

we r planing to take sm actions couz dis is nt the 1st tym, but we dun hv a enough law direction (well, we can't pay anyone )

 

[gayan kalhara]

well, I dont know much about either GPL2 or 3 but as far as what I've seen on the net, GPL2 offers more freedom over 3.
As for converting the license, yes you can convert from one to the other. The difference is in the limits either license sets.

mm I C

so da LGPL come handy (well as M$ say, nt me )

any law info sites u know ?? (beside Google OK )

 

[BRAINY]

dude! read your law books again!!
or better yet, buy NEW law books and read them!
There ARE laws relating to internet, computers and software laws in SL.

Machan,

have a look at this !. What he has mentioned there is true.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) PROTECTION

In 2003, Sri Lanka’s new intellectual property law – governing copyrights, patents, trademarks, and
industrial design – came into force. Under the new law, IPR infringement is a criminal offense and IPR
infringement is subject to both criminal and civil jurisdiction. Sri Lanka also passed a new Computer
Crimes Act in 2007 strengthening Sri Lanka’s IPR regime pertaining to software.

Notwithstanding the new laws, weak IPR enforcement remains a problem. Piracy levels are very high for
sound recordings and software. According to a study commissioned in 2006 by the Business Software
Alliance, 90 percent of personal computers in Sri Lanka used pirated software. The study estimated retail
revenue losses of $86 million in 2006 (latest data available) due to software piracy. Further, government
use of unauthorized software continues to be a problem.

Redress through the courts for IPR infringement is often a frustrating and time-consuming process.
While police can take action against counterfeiting and piracy without complaints by rights holders, they
rarely do so. In 2008, the Business Software Alliance successfully worked with government authorities to
increase prosecutions for IPR infringement in the software sector. In the apparel sector, right holders
have scored some legal successes in combating trademark counterfeiting.

The Sri Lankan Government’s Director of Intellectual Property along with international experts has begun
IPR legal and enforcement training for customs, judicial and police officials. The U.S. Embassy, the
American Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka, and the European Chamber of Commerce are also
working with the government of Sri Lanka to improve enforcement, provide enforcement training, and
enhance public awarenes

 

[kosandpol]

is dat creative common Statement will do dat ?

but they JUST IGNORE

we r planing to take sm actions couz dis is nt the 1st tym, but we dun hv a enough law direction (well, we can't pay anyone )

Better explicitly state the licenses as a link in your main page. After that write to the same paper and other papers explaining what they are doing.
Also contact the Sunday observer ombudsman. He can help you in terms of legal help.