{"id":248595,"date":"2021-05-22T18:30:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=248595"},"modified":"2021-05-22T16:19:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T10:49:05","slug":"from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/","title":{"rendered":"From Copyright to Copyleft: All Wrongs Reserved"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

Infringement of copyright is major drawback in the digital age of internet. With time, it has gradually become easier to infringe intellectual property rights, and at the same time, it has become harder to prevent others from stealing an individual\u2019s original work. A\u00a0\u201ccopyright\u201d\u00a0is a legal right given to the authors\/creators of original works and it bestows upon them to decide how and when those works can or cannot be copied, modified, and distributed by another person. If an individual violates this right of the owner by using, selling or distributing an original work without prior permission of the owner, it leads to infringement and as a result, the copyright-holder is entitled to seek legal action.<\/p>\n

The purpose behind copyright is that the creators\u00a0restrict\u00a0what is being done with their respective work and a prior permission must be obtained for using it. Copyleft licensing\u00a0exists within the legal framework of the concept of copyright. Copyleft licences are in a way subsets of copyright licences, and the idea behind this is to\u00a0re-establish freedom of users.<\/p>\n

Copyleft: Meaning and origin <\/strong><\/p>\n

Copyleft has been defined as \u201clicence\u00a0granting general permission to copy and reproduce\u00a0intellectual\u00a0property. Where\u00a0copyright\u00a0protects society\u2019s interests in invention and creativity by providing individual incentives through copyright control, copyleft protects social interests in knowledge creation by vesting copyright control in a large general\u00a0community. The concept of copyleft is central to many programming projects, and the licence is most commonly used for\u00a0software, digital art, writings, and other creative content\u201d.1<\/a><\/p>\n

The GNU Project gives this\u00a0simple definition\u00a0of copyleft: \u201cthe rule that when redistributing the program, you cannot add restrictions to deny other people the central freedoms (of free software)\u201d.2<\/a><\/p>\n

The term \u201ccopyleft\u201d has been derived from the term \u201ccopyright\u201d itself. As per this concept, copies of one\u2019s work are open for distribution, access and modification as per the other person\u2019s requirements, on precondition that the edited work shall also be made available for free and the same rights shall be maintained as the work goes forward.<\/p>\n

In essence, a copyleft work is open for distribution and amendments on a condition that the work resulting from such copyleft content shall be free and available as well as accessible within the public domain. The term \u201ccopyleft\u201d, for the first time, was by used Li-Chen Wang during late 1970\u2019s in his Palo Alto \u201cTiny BASIC\u2019s distribution notice\u201d. In this, he wrote that \u201c@copyleft all wrongs reserved\u201d as opposed to \u201ccopyright: all rights reserved\u201d. However, it was merely a term and no literal or interpretive meaning was accredited. Tiny BASIC was only a free version of a basic computer programming language.3<\/a><\/p>\n

The concept of copyleft as we know today, was given by Richard Stallman in his GNU manifesto in 1985. GNU was originally an operating system, sponsored by the \u201cFree Software Foundation\u201d founded by Richard Stallman in 1984. He was denied access to an improved software by \u201cSymbolics\u201d, on which Richard worked. This inspired Richard Stallman to generate a licence which is unrestricted to be acquired and work on without changing the original source code of the program. As per Richard Stallman, \u201cthis was a win-win situation for everyone because in this manner improvements can be made without changing the original piece\u201d.<\/p>\n

Copyright and copyleft: A comparison <\/strong><\/p>\n

Contrary to the symbol of copyright, \u201ccopyleft\u201d is represented by a reverted illustration of the copyright symbol. In other words, it is a mirrored image of copyright and hence, in terms of its meaning. Copyright essentially refers to a right bestowed upon the author of an original work to reproduce, distribute, and commercially manipulate the work. It is pertinent to be noted, copyright is a negative right that prevent others from using the \u201ccopyrighted work\u201d without prior consent or authorisation of its owner.\u00a0 Copyright law amply acknowledges an\u00a0author\u2019s original\u00a0work and reserves him\u00a0the privilege to utilise or conceal it at his personal\u00a0discretion. On the other hand, copyleft gives author the right to use or distribute the work without any constraints and also to pass on the rights to amend the work, on one term that \u201cthe copylefted work cannot be copyrighted and the modified work will also be available freely for the public to use and work\u201d.4<\/a><\/p>\n

Purpose of copyleft<\/strong><\/p>\n

The main purpose behind copyleft is to facilitate future users of works with the same freedom to modify or manipulate an original work. After obtaining a copyleft licence, an individual shall be free to manipulate and amplify work. By employing the way of copyleft, future users are afforded the same rights. For instance, a poem is composed and disclosed within a copyleft licensed community. One of the licensed user then copies the poem. They use the poem as lyrics for a song and add drumbeats and guitar sound. Another user takes up this song and adds different instrument sounds in the background. Under copyleft, all of this would be legal and available for future modification by another person without obtaining any prior permission from the original creator.<\/p>\n

This is the way in which copyleft works. People who are a part of the licensed community can without any constrain of legal recourse use and have their works used and modified. This concept is very lucrative in the field of software and technological spheres which majorly involves coding. This is frequently how innovations are discovered. This not only encourages development of a code within a community for enhanced efficacy but also facilitates updates in regard to software programs on time, technological bugs and advancements which are discovered by active users ultimately getting rid of legal boundaries and constraints resulting in more creative discoveries.<\/p>\n

Legal validity of copyleft<\/strong><\/p>\n

As per the surveys many non-proprietary software, under their contractual mechanism, rely on copyleft licence. For using a copyleft programme, an individual has to follow the licence agreement, given before allocating software for copyleft. The concept of copyleft is beneficial as it facilitates the public and puts no restrictions on a user to utilise the software on the terms of the creator of the original content. A user may modify it according to his personal use. In the field of software development programmes too, the copyleft licence has a vital role in linking the software developers with common public. Furthermore, there are many different types of licences of copyleft out of which most popular type of licences are General Public Licence and Lesser General Public Licences.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

In conclusion, the purpose behind copyleft is not completely alien to\u00a0the concept of copyright. However, the two drastically differ in the rights and freedom given to the creators and users to alter and refashion the original work without apprehension for legal retribution. The concept of copyleft carries with itself the impact of modernisation in the digital age. Giving out information freely to be used, is a sign of how society is evolving and defying the long existing concept of ownership by private players. However, this concept should only be enforceable if the owner\/creator of the work agrees to such terms and conditions. It should not be made obligatory and so, must be harmoniously aligned with other provisions pertaining to intellectual property.<\/p>\n

\n

*<\/a>Fourth year student, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, e-mail: choudharyanushka99@gmail.com<\/p>\n

1<\/a> <https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/copyleft>.<\/p>\n

2<\/a> <https:\/\/www.gnu.org\/licenses\/copyleft.en.html>.<\/p>\n

3<\/a> <http:\/\/www.linfo.org\/copyleft.html>.<\/p>\n

4<\/a> K.G. Kumar, Beyond the Market, Freedom Matters, (2001) Vol. 36, No. 36, Economic and Political Weekly<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Anushka Choudhary*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":248596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42503,1191],"tags":[9271,27643],"class_list":["post-248595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-analysis","category-op-ed","tag-copyright","tag-intellectual-property"],"yoast_head":"\nFrom Copyright to Copyleft: All Wrongs Reserved | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From Copyright to Copyleft: All Wrongs Reserved\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"by Anushka Choudhary*\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-22T13:00:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-51-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/\",\"name\":\"From Copyright to Copyleft: All Wrongs Reserved | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-51-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-22T13:00:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-51-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-51-1.jpg\",\"width\":1330,\"height\":887},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"From Copyright to Copyleft: All Wrongs Reserved\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_4\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"From Copyright to Copyleft: All Wrongs Reserved | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"From Copyright to Copyleft: All Wrongs Reserved","og_description":"by Anushka Choudhary*","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2021-05-22T13:00:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1330,"height":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-51-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/","name":"From Copyright to Copyleft: All Wrongs Reserved | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-51-1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-05-22T13:00:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-51-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-51-1.jpg","width":1330,"height":887},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/22\/from-copyright-to-copyleft-all-wrongs-reserved\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"From Copyright to Copyleft: All Wrongs Reserved"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34e366be721c41333586de05faa13743195f5b142dcd7a015c6fabd2389521d0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_4\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MicrosoftTeams-image-51-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":289152,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/04\/11\/chatgpt-and-the-ip-implications-of-the-output-created-by-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":248595,"position":0},"title":"ChatGPT and the IP Implications of the Output Created by it","author":"Editor","date":"April 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"by Rohan Khosla\u2020","rel":"","context":"In "Op Eds"","block_context":{"text":"Op Eds","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/op-ed\/legal-analysis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ChatGPT","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1078.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1078.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1078.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/MicrosoftTeams-image-1078.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":254095,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/09\/14\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-music-sampling\/","url_meta":{"origin":248595,"position":1},"title":"Everything You Need to Know About Music Sampling: The Indian Perspective","author":"Editor","date":"September 14, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Prashanth S. Shivadass and \u00a0Rachana Pise*","rel":"","context":"In "Op Eds"","block_context":{"text":"Op Eds","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/op-ed\/legal-analysis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-121.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-121.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-121.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-121.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MicrosoftTeams-image-121.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":246214,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/03\/28\/copyright-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":248595,"position":2},"title":"Closed list approach versus open-ended approach in subject-matter copyright","author":"Editor","date":"March 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Nishant Thakur & Sandra Anil Varkey*","rel":"","context":"In "Op Eds"","block_context":{"text":"Op Eds","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/op-ed\/legal-analysis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Copyright.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Copyright.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Copyright.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Copyright.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Copyright.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":219612,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/09\/16\/del-hc-restrainment-order-passed-against-makers-of-dream-girl-from-using-the-song-dhagala-lagli-during-pendency-of-copyright-violation-suit\/","url_meta":{"origin":248595,"position":3},"title":"Del HC | Restrainment order passed against makers of movie ‘Dream Girl’ from using the song ‘Dhagala Lagli’ during pendency of copyright violation suit","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"September 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Delhi High Court: Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J. while addressing a suit filed in respect to exploitation of copyrighted works i.e. the sound recording and underlying musical and literary works in the song \u201cVar Dhagala Lagli Kal\u201d from the Marathi cinematograph film by its use in the song \u201cDhagala Lagli\u201d to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":245654,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/03\/16\/copyright\/","url_meta":{"origin":248595,"position":4},"title":"Bom HC | Does Copyright Act requires mandatory registration to seek protection under the Act? Justice G.S. Patel explains","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"March 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Copyright Act gives a range of rights and privileges to the first owner of copyright without requiring prior registration.\"","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Bombay-HC.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":225164,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/02\/04\/ker-hc-author-has-the-legal-right-to-protect-his-intellectual-property-but-cannot-seek-stay-on-release-of-a-movie-as-massive-financial-investment-is-involved-in-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":248595,"position":5},"title":"Ker HC | Author has the legal right to protect his Intellectual Property; but cannot seek stay on release of a movie as massive financial investment is involved in it","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"February 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Kerala High Court: Shircy V, J. held that an author has the legal right to protect his intellectual property even after he has sold his authorship while also directing the trial court to take all endeavour to dispose of the case, within six months. The appellant is a film director\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}