In our submission to the TRAI on Digital Terrestrial Transmission (DTT; essentially Mobile TV), we've pointed towards the Internet as a far more open, democratic and efficient mode of enabling Freedom of Speech than broadcast, and hence asked for spectrum allocated to DTT to be used for Internet access, and content licensing to be scrapped because we need more diversity and plurality in content creation. A summary of our submission: Openness in utilization of spectrum: A public interest usage for spectrum must be rooted in the philosophy of openness: that information must be made available in a manner that is transparent, free, non-discriminatory, neutral, unconditional, and without prejudice. Any utilization of public resources such as spectrum should not impose any restrictions on the users ability create and distribute information and content, within the ambit of existing laws. There should be no restrictions, based on: The ability of the creator or the user of the information or content to create this information or content The identity of the creator or the user of the information or content. The purpose of the creator or the user of the information or content, especially whether it is commercial or non-commercial in nature. The interpretation of the information or content, once transmitted How people react to the information once disclosed and/or reused, remixed or repurposed. A billion creators from India: We have the potential in India to have a billion creators, and give them the freedom to chop, change and remix audio, video, text and…
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