The Indian Copyright Act, 1957 (the Act) governs copyright law in India. It finds its roots in its colonial past, being heavily influenced by the Copyright Act of the United Kingdom of 1956. The Act has served well for long, but with technological developments and increasing discontent among...

Preface: In 1776, Adam Smith diagnosed an oversupply in “that unprosperous race of men” called men of letters: “…their numbers are every-where so great as commonly to reduce the price of their labour to a very paltry recompense.” (The Wealth of Nations, Book I, Ch. 10) By the...

The report considers first the question of how copyright is justified, as this may have some bearing on whether a country will allow an author to make a voluntary statement leading to the expiration of his/her rights. Copyright can variously be described as a natural right, as a reward for...

British and German law provide diametrically opposed answers to the question of the transferability and thus the marketability of copyright property assets. Under the current legal situation in Germany, the non-transferability doctrine of copyrights is maintained. The law thus continues to...

The proposed third amendment to PRC copyright law endeavours to enhance the standards of damages to fight piracy more effectively via a TRIPS-Plus approach. This includes, inter alia, reframing statutory damages, introducing punitive damages, and new evidence rules granting the right of...