Copyright Law Archives

Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Indian Copyright Act 1957

October 16, 2014 by admin

1. The existing law relating to copyright is contained in the Copyright Act, 1911 of the United Kingdom (hereinafter referred to as the United Kingdom Act) as modified by the Indian Copyright Act, 1914. Apart from the fact that the United Kingdom Act does not fit in with the changed constitutional status of India, it … Read more

The Monkey selfie and why Wikipedia is wrong

August 9, 2014 by admin

This article deals with the detailed explanation on why in the case of the Monkey Selfie, Wikipedia’s stand is wrong and why the photographer David J Slater is the true author of the work uploaded on Wikipedia. The case in brief: In 2011, nature photographer David Slater travelled to Indonesia to take photographs of the … Read more