KEYWORDS:- COPYRIGHT - COMMON LAW PRINCIPLES-Infringement of a copyright- DATE:-18-08-1978 AIR 1978 SC 1613 : (1979) 1 SCR 218 : (1978) 4 SCC 118 (SUPREME COURT OF INDIA) R G. Anand Appellant Versus Delux Films and others Respondent (Before : S. Murtaza Fazl Ali, Jaswant Singh And R. S. Pathak, JJ.) Civil Appeal No. 2030… Continue reading R G. Anand Appellant Versus Delux Films and others[ALL SC 1978 August]
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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act [USA]
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is most relevant to cyber-piracy law in United States. Under the DMCA, which is essentially an update of the existing copyright law, several computer and web-related copyright regulations were introduced, including 1) the heightening of the penalties for copyright infringement on the Internet, 2) making it a crime to circumvent… Continue reading The Digital Millennium Copyright Act [USA]
Non- infringement of copyright or Copyright free materials in India
Section 52 , Copyright Act, 1957 52. Certain acts not to be infringement of copyright.— (1) The following acts shall not constitute an infringement of copyright, namely:— (a) a fair dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work 1[not being a computer programme] for the purposes of— (i) Private use including research;] (ii) criticism or review, whether… Continue reading Non- infringement of copyright or Copyright free materials in India
The Copyright Rules, 1958
Published S.R.O. 270, dated 21.1.1958, published in the Gazette of India, Ext., Pt. II, Section 3(ii), dated 21.1.1958. CHAPTER I Preliminary 1. Short title, extent and commencement .—(1) These rules may be called The Copyright Rules, 1958.(2) They extend to the whole of India.(3) They shall come into force on the date on which the Act… Continue reading The Copyright Rules, 1958
International Copyright Order, 1999
Published vide S.O. 228(E), dated 24.3.1999, published in the Gazette of India, Ext., Pt. II, Section 3(i) dated 6.4.1999. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 40 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), and in supersession of the International Copyright Order, 1991, the Central Government hereby makes the following Order, namely:— 1. (1)… Continue reading International Copyright Order, 1999
Intellectual Property Index
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