The Authors Guild of India, in collaboration with Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation (IRRO), organised a seminar on the Reprographic Rights of Authors at Shree Krishna Sadhak Trust Sevashram, Vrindavan on 18th and 19th May 2019.…
For the first time ever in two decades, the European Parliament made changes to its copyright law. Most of the changes in the European Union’s (EU) Copyright Directive are uncontroversial, simply setting out how copyright…
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time. Generally, it is “the right to copy”, but also gives the copyright holder…
The term reprography was coined and introduced as "office printing" at the First International Congress on Reprography (1963) in Cologne, Germany. As of today, it broadly includes multiple content reproduction methods, such as scanning, photography,…
Copyrights protect the expression of ideas, and prevent the unfair use of an author or publisher’s original work, including literary works (books, newspapers, magazines, journals), artistic works (photographs, paintings, sculptures, diagrams), musical works, sound recordings,…
Most of us love to download movies. Why pay a hefty amount to sit in a theatre and watch something you can easily watch in the privacy of your home, for free! Having said that,…
"A world that values knowledge and culture must value its creators" Imagine this - you have worked very hard on your book. Years of dedication went into creating this written jewel that reflects your originality.…
For the uninitiated, copyright is a form of intellectual property protection granted by law to creators (writer, composer, artist, producer, publisher) of original works of authorship, such as literary works, dramatic, musical and artistic works,…
In the area of publishing, reprography is the most common form of reproduction. For this reason, remuneration for reprography from Reproduction Rights Organisations (RROs) constitutes an important revenue stream for authors and publishers in many…
India has always been a strong believer of doing what’s right. Naturally, we have laid great emphasis on upholding the copyright of creative works of authors, copyrights holders and publishers. Even the Indian Copyright Law…
