Explain Copyright issue in India. Explain Copyright in WWW.

Explain Copyright issue in India. Explain Copyright in WWW.

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Explain Copyright issue in India. Explain Copyright in WWW.

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Copyright Issue In India AND Copyright In WWW:

• The traditional concept of copyright has given place to a more complex meaning to cope up with the advancements in the nature of works and the mediums of their expressions that merit protection under the Copyright Law. Innumerable issues arise in the process of a virtual tug of war between the copyright holders and their infringers. Stringent remedies are devised to safeguard the intellectual property rights and amendments have been made in the legislation governing IPR in India and Information Technology Act, 2000 has been enacted to be in tune with the international concerns reflected in the WIPO Treaties and other International documents.
• The Copyright Act, 1957 has been enacted by the Parliament in the exercise of its legislative powers conferred by Entry 49 of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India with a view to amend and consolidate the law relating copyright. As provided in Section 16, no person shall be entitled to copyright or, any similar right in any work, whether published or unpublished, otherwise than under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act or of any other law for the time being in force.
• The Parliament enacted the Information Technology Act, 2000 which provides legal recognition to electronic record and digital signatures. The expression “electronic record” as defined by Section 2(1)(t) of that Act means, data, record or data generated image or sound stored, received or sent in an electronic form or micro film. Tampering with computer source documents is made an offence under Section 65 of the Act, which provides that, whoever knowingly or intentionally conceals, destroys or alters or intentionally or knowingly causes another to conceal, destroy or alter any computer source code used for a computer, computer programme, computer system or computer network, when the computer source code is required to be kept or maintained by law for the time being in force, shall be punishable with imprisonment upto three years, or with fine which may extend upto two lakh rupees, or with both.