DRM: IT and Legal Point of Views

WORKSHOP: Challenges and Opportunities in the Book Publishing Sector
August 27–28, 2014
Dhaka, Bangladesh
By: FICCI 



I had the opportunity to present the preliminary concepts of DRM and whats to do with eBook Piracy at the Session #4 Titled "DRM and Combating Book Piracy in the Digital Age". It was scheduled for 12:15PM, but finally started at 1:30PM on the Day-2.

Photo Credit: Arefeen Shovon @MobioApp

The session was chaired by Mr. Mustafa Jabbar ( Bijoy) , fellow speakers were Mr.A.K. Sabbir Mahbub ( Chairman@Dev.net ) and an Advocate from India. 

I explained how "DRM" is rather enabling all-parties to do what they are entitled  (legal) to do, it can enable us so that each party in the supply chain gets paid for their effort. Authors could eventually focus on their writings and less on worry over the uncertainty of royalty.    

Authors can get a direct feedback from their readers. 

DRM is a Ever-Improving project, since we started Boipoka  at MobioApp.com our web site has been hacked once and the Android app has been hacked twice. We been constantly improving our offerings to overcome these challenges. 

Currently for each 5 ebook sales, we sell one in India. 

Bangladesh Copyright Act-2000/2005 had put the cornerstones for the Authors to claim "Ownership" of their work just like any other property. This allows the authors to allow others to use the property within certain guidelines. This also chalks out the penalties in case of "Breach".  While this is not adequate but just enough to give the DRM-Pirates, Bootleggers a good run for their reputation.

The presentation slides are here. Please use them if you need but do-site this blog in credits. 

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US Passport Renewal at US Embassy Bangladesh

Passport renewal:

Target :
Passport renewal for a < 16 yr old, ( born in NYC)  at Dhaka Embassy.
All info submitted via DS-11 (http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/212239.pdf)



[STEP 1] Fill out the DS-11 from the web and get a printout, staple 2 Passport Photos in the form

[STEP 2] Get a appointment at the embassy using the appointment URL

[STEP 3] Reach Embassy 15 mins prior to appointment, say "Citizens Service" at the gate

[STEP 4]ALL-SET: When they call your Name they will make sure the Application is complete, will take all docs from D1 to D4  and give you a stub to pay the Fee at the next step

[STEP 5]PAYMENT: Pay the Fee using  the stub you get at Step 4 in the payment Window. Collect 2 receipts for the payment

[STEP 6]INTERVIEW: Here She asks for D6 and all the questions ( see below). In the D-11 Form Mom & Dad will have to sign in from of the interviewer and He/She will verify the sign against the submitted  D6. Once convinced she will give you "Customer Copy" of the payment receipts where (1) She/He put a seal (2) Ask the Mom/Dad to sign on the back. Using this receipt the signatory will be able to collect the renewed passport when ready at Simons.


Required Docs/Steps:
D1. Expired Passport
D2. 2 Copies of Passport (2"x2") photo
D3. Original Birth Certificate
D4. Progressive ( 4 Photos a year) Album of the Applicant to confirm "its-the-same-person"
D5. Fee ( Estimated $105) to be paid at the embassy  in BDT ( rate 79 BDT = 1 USD)
D6. National ID or Passports of the Mom & Dad.


Questions asked at the Interview:
To Applicant : Who is this in the photo ( pointing to her brother ) ?
To Applicant : Who are these two people with you ( pointing to me & mywife ) ?
To Me : Why renewing this passport now after 2-yrs since expiration ?


AS DIRECTED BY PUBLIC LAW 106-113 AND 22 CFR 51.28:
To submit an application for a child under age 16 both parents or the child's legal guardian(s) must appear and present the following:
- Evidence of the child's U.S. citizenship;
- Evidence of the child's relationship to parents/guardian(s); AND
- Parental/guardian government-issued identification.

 AS DIRECTED BY REGULATION 22 C.F.R. 51.21 AND 51.28:
- Each minor child applying for a U.S. passport book and/or passport card must appear in person.


RECENT COLOR PHOTOGRAPH
Submit a color photograph of you alone, sufficiently recent to be a good likeness of you (taken within the last six months), and 2x2 inches in size. Face should cover ~1 3/8 inches of the photograph with a plain light (white or off-white) background. The photograph must be taken in normal street attire, without a hat, head covering, or dark glasses unless a signed statement is submitted by the applicant verifying the item is worn daily for religious purposes or a signed doctor's statement is submitted
verifying the item is used daily for medical purposes. 

Stock/Share Transfer in Bangladesh

Stock/Share Transfer in Bangladesh for a Private Limited Company 

Possible All Steps:

1. Fill out "INSTRUMENT OF TRANSFER OF SHARES" using Form-117
2. AFFIDVIT, Transfer shares deed 
3. Resignation from the Post of Shareholder 

Using Form 117 :

 

 AFFIDVIT, Transfer shares deed 

Resignation from the Post of Shareholder:

 

at : http://www.roc.gov.bd:7781/Guidlines/Download/FORM-117.htm





What document(s) shall I submit in  returns for change'?   Ref 
PRIVATE COMPANY
 

1 Filled in Form III - Notice of consolidation, division, subdivision or conversion into stock of shares: to be filed within 15 days of consolidation and division etc. [Section 53 & 54].

2 Filled in Form IV - Notice of increase share capital: to be filed within 15 days of increase of share capital/member [Section 56].

3 Filled in Form VIII – Special Resolution/ Extraordinary Resolution including name change, conversion into public company, alteration of the memorandum of association, alteration of articles of association etc : to be filed within 15 days of the meeting [Section 88 (1)].

4 Filled in Form VIII – Special Resolution/ Extraordinary Resolution including name change, conversion into public company, alteration of the memorandum of association, alteration of articles of association etc : to be filed within 15 days of the meeting [Section 88 (1)].

5 Filled in Form IX - Consent of Director to act: to be filed within 30 days of appointment [Section 92].

6 Filled in Form XII - Particulars of the Directors, Manager and Managing Agents and of any change therein: to be filed within 14 days from the date of appointment or change [Section 115].

7 Filled in Form XV - Return of allotment: to be filed within 60 days of allotment [Section 151].

8 Filled in Form XVIII - Particulars of mortgages or charges: to be filed within 21 days of creation of the mortgage or charge [Section 159 & 391].

9 Filled in Form XIX - Particulars of Modification of Mortgage or Charge: to be filed within 21 days of the date modification [Section 167(3) & 319].

10 Filled in Form XXVIII - Memorandum of satisfaction of mortgage charge: to be filed within 21 days of the date satisfaction [Section 12 & 391].

11 Filled in Form 117 - Instrument of Transfer of Shares.

12 Digital copy of original Memorandum & Articles of Association

Android ADT Eclipse crashes

A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment while ECLIPSE Ubuntu 14.04.
Here is the Dump after ECLIPSE/ADT crashes:

molash@LENNY14:~$ Nov 17, 2014 3:10:35 PM org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase processCookieHeaders
WARNING: Cookie rejected: "$Version=0; __cfduid=dd9da8cc5753779ea56ba80927d8fa0641416215434; $Path=/; $Domain=.spring.io". Illegal domain attribute ".spring.io". Domain of origin: "spring.io"
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007f35444962a1, pid=3766, tid=139869453416192
#
# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (7.0_72-b14) (build 1.7.0_72-b14)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (24.72-b04 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# C  [libsoup-2.4.so.1+0x6c2a1]  soup_session_feature_detach+0x11
#
# Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled. To enable core dumping, try "ulimit -c unlimited" before starting Java again
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /home/palash/hs_err_pid3766.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#

Adding these seems to have solved the issue !

org.eclipse.swt.browser.DefaultType=mozilla

to configuration/config.ini

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman : Contribution in the Legal System and Dinner with VVIP

He is popularly referred to as Sheikh Mujib (shortened as Mujibor Mujibur, not Rahman), with the honorary title of Bangabandhu (বঙ্গবন্ধু Bôngobondhu, "Friend of Bengal"). 

Suhrawardhy the populist leader of his time originally recruited Mujib to counter his political rivals. Under Suhwardhy, Mujib began his career as a muscleman student leader. Mujib remained loyal to him until his death in 1962. In the Calcutta riot Mujib was with his mentor Suhwardhy who was behind the Hindu-Muslim Calcutta riot in the Jinnah called Direct Action Day that claimed many innocent lives for which the Congress Party leadership continue to blame Suhwardhy.

 He was hardly a student. Despite his busy time, it seems that he managed to complete his education.

In Calcutta, one Mazharul Islam from Kutubdia of Chittagong was known to have written his BA examination. Back in Dhaka he again became a student of law at the Dhaka University; known to have recommended by Suhrwardhy to make him prepare for a capable statesman. 

. But he was seen to be sitting in the backbench with a group of his friends causing trouble to his professor in the law faculty classroom. Despite his disinterest in education, he was out and out a political person and unfortunately never finished his law degree from Dhaka University.

1,500 Bengalis were arrested in connection with the plot in 1967.^[3] In January 1968 the Home Department of Pakistan declared that it had detected a scheme to destabilize Pakistan and break the Eastern wing through an armed revolt, and had arrested 8 people.

Thomas Williams, a British lawyer, along with local attorneys challenged the formation of the tribunal by filing a petition in favor of Sheikh Mujib.^[3] The approvers appeared in the witness box and testified that they provided false evidence under the coercion of the State.^[3]


The case was ultimately withdrawn in the face of a massive popular uprising, which ultimately resulted in the 1969 uprising in East Pakistan and the fall of General Ayub Khan's dictatorship in 1969. The case and the resulting uprising is seen as one of the major events leading to Bengali nationalism and Bangladesh Liberation War.^[


He charged the provisional parliament to write a new constitution, and proclaimed the four fundamental principles of "nationalism, secularism, democracy and socialism," which would come to be known as "Mujibism." Mujib nationalised hundreds of industries and companies as well as abandoned land and capital and initiated land reform aimed at helping millions of poor farmers. 

A constitution was proclaimed in 1973 and elections were held, which resulted in Mujib and his party gaining power with an absolute majority.


In 1974, Mujib proclaimed a State of Emergency and amended the constitution to limit the powers of the legislative and judicial branches, established a one man, single party executive presidency, and instituted a one-party system. Calling these changes the "Second Revolution," Mujib assumed the presidency.

the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 21 members of his family and household, including children and pregnant women.

http://dhakadigest.net/en/2013/12/an-illustrated-history-of-bangabandu-and-bangladesh/

DINNER with a VVIP has "Sufferings" written all over it.

This evening I was invited at a Wedding Reception where the President ( Govt of Bangladesh) was a guest as well. The Reception was to start at 7:30PM,.,,, to avoid Security (Monkeys-in-suits) I checked in at 6:55PM. The President never sh...owed up while I was there ( till 8:55PM) ..everything was halted until he arrives..... I decided to leave the reception............1.5 Hrs X 200 Guests = 300 Hrs waisted ..... way to go Mr President.

Bangladesh Computer Council and BASIS

BCC is miles away from Technology adoption themselves 

"Freelancer to Entrepreneur " seminar @ Bangladesh Computer Council on January 21st, 2014 . , contact Mr.S. Prasad@ 017 1517 1784 .  ICT minister Mr. Polok is to be there. I can find no trace of this event in the web!

Contacting at the cell, they say " There are issues with the Internet " ...

Its all old news here :
https://www.facebook.com/BDComputerCouncil
http://www.bcc.net.bd/



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BASIS is now a Political Entity 

BASIS arranged and completed the Digital-World Expo 2014. In the closing ceremony they were to announce the few of the Best in categories like Apps, Stall-Decorations etc. The ceremony started on-time and were extended on political topics by 1-hr, but as of this writing BASIS still has not announced the winners/finalists.

In recent times since Mr. Shamim took over the helm BASIS has become a place for Directors-Only Club. Mr. Russel ( Champs21) , Mr.Abir ( MCC Ltd) has been widely known for internal trading and keeping a closed circle for all business opportunities that comes from the Bangladesh Government ,  NTF-II ( Netherlands funded ), Japan focus group etc.

BASIS is been leader-ed by non-tech bureaucrats who has no love for the Nation or Technology. Its all about sharing projects among the directors and delivery quality is "Take the money and Run" .
   


     

Chowdhury Community Center, an ir-responsible business located at Dhanmondi.


They are loud and un-clean. They have no parking facility so on a party nights cars are all over foot paths(!) and at the edges at the intersection causing frequent traffic jams. Drivers of these cars would be standing adrift or gathered gossiping along these footpaths,  smoking, yelling, spitting . A horrible slum scene emerges as these guys take over the low-lit footpaths from the evening to midnight.  

In the morning I never see these  Community Center guys cleaning up  the streets, the streets get cleaned up by the City Corporation cleaners. They rather feed the local street-dogs the wastes from last night.