Copyright Infringement in India

Copyright Infringement in India UPSC Mains General Studies Paper 2 :Current Affairs in India Watch

Recently, the Andhra Pradesh High Court ruled in a case that textbooks dealing with mathematical equations and science subjects do not come under the Copyright Act, 1957, as their content is non-literary in nature.

• The court ruled that the publisher’s actions fell under the fair use doctrine under Section 52 in the Copyright Act, 1957.
• It added that even if the books printed by it are assumed to be pirated copies of Akademi’s books, their actions would fall under the exception under Sections 52 (1) (a) and ....