| The Internet and Online Association (IOA) has sought the services of legal firm Amarchand Mangaldas to prepare a white paper on changes needed in the Information Technology Act.
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| The white paper is expected to be prepared in the next few days and will be submitted to the Union ministry of information technology.
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| “We are working with legal experts Amarchand Mangaldas to create a white paper. In the next few days, IOA will make a comprehensive representation on changes in the IT Act,” Preeti Desai, president, Internet and Online Association, said on Friday.
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| She added that besides the IOA, Nasscom, Ficci, CII and other associations have voiced concern over the way the IT Act is being interpreted.
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| “I believe the recent arrest of Baazee CEO Avnish Bajaj was a case of sheer lack of knowledge of the IT Act. There are only three circumstances under which he was liable to be booked - publishing obscene material, pushing someone to publish obscene material or transmitting such material, and none of these happened in the case of Baazee,” Desai said.
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| Meanwhile, the IOA, which was conceptualised a year ago, has embarked on an exercise to increase its membership.
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| drastically. “We will add another 18 members to the existing seven and our membership will touch 25,” the IOA president said. |
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