Social Media and Copyright: An Indian Perspective
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Social Media and Copyright: An Indian Perspective
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Creator |
Tyagi, Prachi
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Subject |
Social Media
Copyright Infringement Copyright Act, 1957 Information and Technology Act, 2000 |
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Description |
402-412
Social media is one such digital technology that has several benefits, such as, it helps in building relationships by improving communication, eases the process of establishing private businesses/enterprises by providing a platform where the business can reach a larger population and also romote talent by giving a chance to artists to showcase their art and gather appreciation from across the world but it does have an adverse effect on copyright owners of such posts or content as there are chances of their work being misused or infringed. However, sometimes the infringement might be unintentional and without any malicious intent. This paper shall discuss the authorship/ownership of the content posted on social media platforms, how copyright infringement takes place on such platforms and how the Indian legislations regulate such infringement. The author shall suggest certain steps the Indian government can take to curb copyright infringement cases on social media. |
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2023-09-25T11:24:56Z
2023-09-25T11:24:56Z 2023-09 |
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Article
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0975-1076 (Online); 0971-7544 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/62591 https://doi.org/10.56042/jipr.v28i5.5619 |
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en
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NIScPR-CSIR,India
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JIPR Vol.28(5) [Sep 2023]
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