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Information Management and Copyright Protection in India

S.K. Soam

Head, ICM Division

NAARM, Hyderabad

soam@naarm.ernet.in

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Indian copyright Act 1957Amendments- 1981, 1984, 1994, (w.e.f. 15 January 2000), 2012.-remaking of zanzeer-Prakash Mehra-1973-Salim-Javed Akhtar, Amit Mehra-2012-Hindi/TeluguWhat can be protected?Original (not originality of ideas)Not conflicting with Design Act and Trademark ActForms of protectionLiterary- databases, computer programs, compilationsArtistic- Maps, photographs, DEMAdaptationsTranslationWhat are the rights?

Copyright- protections

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Copyright owners• Rights on original work• Rights on not-original work

– Abridgement/ translation etc / commentary/compilation

• Authorship and ownership• Assignment/ employment• Joint authorship

– Narrator-writer

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Registration requirement Source: S.K. Soam (2013). Protection of GIS Products under Indian Copyright Act, In: Geospatial Technologies for Natural

Resources Management (eds SK Soam, PD Sreekanth, N.H. Rao), ISBN: 978-93-81450-80-2, NewIndia Publishing Agency, New Delhi, p465

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Status Un-published Published

Not registered LOW MODERATE

Registered HIGH VERY HIGH

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Databases Source: S.K. Soam (2013). Protection of GIS Products under Indian Copyright Act, In: Geospatial Technologies for Natural

Resources Management (eds SK Soam, PD Sreekanth, N.H. Rao), ISBN: 978-93-81450-80-2, NewIndia Publishing Agency, New Delhi, p466

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Step 1: Facts Data Sets A bridged data sets

Step 3: Coordinates Integrated data Sets Database / compilation

Step 2: Selection

Step 4: Arrangement and value addition

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Computer Programs Source: S.K. Soam (2013). Protection of GIS Products under Indian Copyright Act, In: Geospatial Technologies for Natural

Resources Management (eds SK Soam, PD Sreekanth, N.H. Rao), ISBN: 978-93-81450-80-2, NewIndia Publishing Agency, New Delhi, p468

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Compilations Source: S.K. Soam (2013). Protection of GIS Products under Indian Copyright Act, In: Geospatial Technologies for Natural

Resources Management (eds SK Soam, PD Sreekanth, N.H. Rao), ISBN: 978-93-81450-80-2, NewIndia Publishing Agency, New Delhi, p467

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Adaptation

Photo by Steve Mc Curry, 1984, National Geographic Rock picture at Albany Bulb, California

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Adaptation Source: S.K. Soam (2013). Protection of GIS Products under Indian Copyright Act, In: Geospatial Technologies for Natural

Resources Management (eds SK Soam, PD Sreekanth, N.H. Rao), ISBN: 978-93-81450-80-2, NewIndia Publishing Agency, New Delhi, p467

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Photographs

Bliss- XP wall paper by O’Rear, 1996, Sonoma Valley, California

Mahatma Gandhi, Dandi March, by Unknown, 1930

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Creative Commons

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1.Attribution: Use, re-use, remix, build upon, even commercial but give credit to Author

2. Attribution-No Derivatives: pass unchanged and in whole including commercial but with credit to Author

3. Attribution-Non commercial-Share Alike: You need to put your work under same conditions whatever build upon or remix

4. Attribution-Share Alike: Like 4 but can use commercial also

5. Attribution-Non commercial: Like 1 but non commercial

6. Attribution-Non commercial-No Derivatives: Most restrictive, like 2 but no commercial.

GATS and Agricultural Higher Education in India by S.K. Soam and Kalpana Sastry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at www.naarm.ernet.in.

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Copyright vs Patent Source: S.K. Soam (2013). Protection of GIS Products under Indian Copyright Act, In: Geospatial Technologies for Natural

Resources Management (eds SK Soam, PD Sreekanth, N.H. Rao), ISBN: 978-93-81450-80-2, NewIndia Publishing Agency, New Delhi, p471

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Parameter Indian Copyright Act Patent as per TRIPs

Creator’s rights Protected without registration also Protected after grant

Term of protection During life time and 60 years after death for literary works

20 years

Scope of protection Expression of idea Implementation of idea

Originality/Novelty Original creation, no formal search, originality not lost after patent grant

Prior art search, novelty lost after copyright registration

Protection territory In Berne convention countries Territorial

Cost of protection Low High

Fair use Available No

Innocent infringement Available (s 58) No

Infringement action Include criminal proceedings Civil suit

Exclusive license Yes Yes

Royalty in general terms

Involvement of copyright societies and copyright board

Between the parties on the basis of mutually agreed terms

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