Author’s Rights in the Digital Age: A Comprehensive Analysis under the Copyright Act, 1957
Copyright law is not merely a technical branch of statutory interpretation; it is the architecture that protects imagination. In India, the Copyright Act, 1957, together with the Copyright Rules, 2013, represents a carefully…
Copyright Assignment and Licensing in India: Structuring Creative Ownership with Legal Precision
Copyright law does not merely protect creativity; it regulates how creativity travels. A poem may begin in the solitude of a writer’s desk, a musical composition in the silence of a studio…
Copyright Infringement and Enforcement in India
Copyright law does not only protect creativity, but it also controls how creative work is shared and used. Like a poem may start with a writer sitting alone, a song may begin in a music studio or a software program may be written on a laptop. But after creation, the work is usually published..
Originality as the Foundation of Copyright Protection in India
Copyright protection does not extend to every work that a person produces. It extends only to works that are original. This single requirement – originality – is the gateway through which all claims to copyright protection must pass…
Digital Copyright in the Internet Age: Online Infringement, Intermediary Liability and Safe Harbours
The internet has fundamentally altered the economics and architecture of creative expression. Content that once required physical manufacture, distribution….
Fair Dealing under Section 52 of the Copyright Act, 1957 – A Comprehensive Analysis
Copyright law is, at its core, a bargain. Society grants creators a bundle of exclusive rights over their works for a limited period, in exchange for the enrichment that creative expression brings to public life. But the bargain was never
Moral Rights and Authors’ Special Rights under Section 57 of the Copyright Act, 1957
Copyright law operates on two distinct but interconnected axes. The first is economic – the bundle of exclusive rights that allows a creator to control the reproduction, distribution…