Digital Copyright Law - A Comparative Study of the Limitations and Exceptions Relating to Education

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Description
Digital Copyright Law provides an insightful analysis of the impact of digitization on the limitations and exceptions to copyright relating to educational use in India by engaging in a comparative study of India's copyright law with that of the USA, EU and UK, set against the background of international copyright law and its developments. It delves into the policy rationale that underpins copyright law making at the international and domestic levels and questions the dominant narrative propagated by developed countries that stronger copyright protection in the digital age incentivizes the creation of new works. While doing so, this book aims to establish that developmental goals in developing countries such as India do not demand stronger copyright protection - which would tilt the traditional balance that copyright aims to foster unequivocally in favour of copyright owners -but warrant a copyright system that evenly balances the rights of the copyright owner with public interest in access to digital copyright works, particularly for educational purposes. In particular, this book aims to fill a research gap in Indian copyright law by studying the digital impact on the doctrines of fair use and first sale/exhaustion, which facilitate access and use of educational materials over the digital networked environment. As the analysis and recommendations are in relation to hitherto unexplored areas of copyright law in India, this book will be an invaluable resource for students, scholars, practitioners, educational institutions, policy makers and all 'education' enthusiasts.
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Contents
General Introduction
Chapter 1    
      A Brief Introduction to Copyright
Chapter 2   
      Copy Right in the Digital Age
Chapter 3   
      Fair Use, Fair Dealing and Fair Balance in Copyright Law
Chapter 4    
      Three-Step Test and Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright
Chapter 5    
      Digitization and Copyright Exceptions Relating to Education
Chapter 6   
      Copyright Exhaustion and the Legality of Parallel Importation
Chapter 7    
      Digital Exhaustion in Copyright Works
Conclusions
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Author Details
DR. BETSY VINOLIA RAJASINGH is an academic and practitioner of intellectual property law. Her research interest lies in intellectual property laws, internet laws and the inter-relationship between intellectual property, technology, and social and economic development. After completing her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at Stella Maris College, Chennai, Dr. Rajasingh entered the portals of legal education securing the first rank in Tamil Nadu in the law entrance examinations held by the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai. She topped her Bachelor of Laws at Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai, and went on to pursue her Master of Laws, specializing in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, at the National University of Singapore as a merit scholarship awardee. Subsequently, she completed her Doctor of Philosophy in Law studying the impact of digital technology on Indian copyright law, with specific reference to access to education, as a UGC Junior Research Fellowship awardee at the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University. During her stint at the university, she taught courses on intellectual property law at the graduate and post-graduate levels in the Department of Intellectual Property Law. Apart from research and teaching, Dr. Rajasingh has also worked in Singapore and India, specializing in intellectual property practice.
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