He has been working closely with Sarai, New Delhi on a joint research project Intellectual Property and the Knowledge/Culture Commons.

[3] Segments of an interview with Liang commenting extensively on copyright and culture are featured in Steal This Film (Two).

Liang is author of Sex, Laws and Videotape: The Public is Watching (with Mayur Suresh and Namita Avriti Malhotra), published by Public Service Broadcasting Trust[4] and Guide to Open Content Licenses, published by the Piet Zwart Institute in 2004.

[8] During the famous 2016 protests at Jawaharlal Nehru University where he was a PhD student at the time, Liang gave a public speech as part of an 'Alternative Classroom' on laws relating to sedition.

[9] Liang is a graduate from the National Law School of India University, and pursued a master's degree in Warwick, England on a Chevening Scholarship.