A group of Indian Publishers have moved to Newyork district Court against Google Book Settlement’s (GBS 2.0) and filed allegation of copyright violation against Internet Gaint.

Siddharth Arya, the legal counsel for IRRO(The Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation ) said ” Google has scanned millions of books of Indian authors without taking any kind of permission from the author which is a clearattempt to turn copyright law on its head,”

The IRRO is an organisation owned by authors and publishers which include Star Publications Pvt. Ltd., Abhinav Publications, Daya Publication House and Pustak Mahal.

This is the first group of India Publishers who moved to court against Google Book project. Although, many author unions all over the world are raising their voices against Google Project.

Google has scanned millions on books till now Under the initiative, known as the Google Library Project. According to this project if a person is silent, he is deemed to have consented to an agreement.

Angered by Google’s action, the Authors’ Guild (AG) and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) slapped Google with a suit alleging copyright infringement.

SMS GupShup which claims to be the Indian Largest Social Networking Site raises $12 Million in latest round of Funding on Wednesday. The latest round of funding was led by by Globespan Capital Partners with existing investors Charles River Ventures and Helion Venture Partners.

SMS GupShup was founded in April 2007 and has its headquarters in Cupertino, USA.

The company CEO and Co-founder Beerud Sheth said ” The revenues and user base of the company has increases substantially over the last year. Currently company serves more than 26 million users and seeing interests from mobile carriers worldwide. ”

The funds raised would be used to accelerate the growth of the company globally and to make products useful to each of the the 4 billion mobile subscribers worldwide. SMS GupShup is bringing social messaging to the mobile masses and raised a total os $37 million of funding till now and have a headcount of 130 employees.

Devdutt Yellurkar of Charles River Ventures said ” Since we last invested, SMS GupShup has shown huge growth in number of users and revenues. We’re excited to re-invest again to help the business realize its global potential as the social messaging solution for the masses.”

With the Increase in Security Checks on all major international Airports especially in USA , there is a sudden increase in the number of cases where Sikh passengers are specifically targeted for Severe Security Checks.

According United Sikhs Organization which is campaigning for the rights of Sikh Passengers, Sikh Passengers are common targets for these security checks and have to face harassment due to this. A recent case from Poland , Where a Sikh Passenger was harassed on the name of security measures without any valid reason is just an example.

According to United Sikhs Organization , Sikhs who come to US after visiting shrines in Pakistan have to face excessive screening on all US International Airports.

According to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ” Passenger flying to US from other countries may have to suffer such screenings”

United Sikhs Organization is monitoring such cases of Sikh Passengers very closely. If you are a sikh who had faced a similar experience on such internation airport, Then you can report your Experience by Filling a form here – http://unitedsikhs.org/exp-at-americanairports