COPYRIGHT AND ITS GLOBAL ASPECTS

Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the

Award of the Degree of Master of Laws

BY

Aakanksha Jain
Ref. no.-3249
LL.M., 2nd year


Supervisor
Dr. Arvind P. Bhanu
Associate Professor



Kurukshetra University
Batch 2012-2014


CERTIFICATE

Is is to certify that Ms AAKANKSHA JAIN, student of LLM enrolled with REF.NO. 3249
of KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY has worked under my guidance and supervision in the
preparation of her dissertation entitled, ' COPYRIGHT AND ITS GLOBAL
ASPECTS' which is a partial requirement for the degree of Master of Laws.
The Dissertation is worthy of consideration.





Dr. Arvind P. Bhanu
Associate Professor
IITM & School of Law
(GGSIP University, Delhi.)









ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It gives me immense pleasure to express my gratitude and deep sense of indebtedness to Dr.
Arvind P. Bhanu, Professor,IIMT, School of Law for encouraging and supporting me with this
opportunity of writing dissertation on COPYRIGHT AND ITS GLOBAL ASPECTS.

I am thankful to my Supervisor Dr. Arvind P. Bhanu, for his continuous support and guidance
and valuable suggestions at various stages of this work without which completion of this
dissertation would not have been possible.

The readiness on the part of the Staff of our Library in furnishing the required available material
really deserves appreciation. I take an opportunity to thank library Staff of Ideal Law School for
their readiness and willingness to help in every possible way that one can do.

The writing of this dissertation would have never been possible to complete without untiring
support from my family and friends. I acknowledge my heartiest gratitude to my parents and
friends for their assistance and guidance. I received from them for the successful completion of
this Dissertation work.

At the end I would like to thanks all the teachers of law department of IIMT, School of Law for
the knowledge, corporation and guidance throughout, which in my opinion will go a long way in
creating my future in legal field . I am highly indebted to all.


AAKANKSHA JAIN
REF. NO. 3249
LL.M., 2nd Year



Table of Contents

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT & EVOLUTION OF
COPYRIGHT LAW
COPYRIGHT IN INTERNATIONAL
COPYRIGHT IN NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER II
DIGITIZATION & CHALLENGES TO COPYRIGHT
COPYRIGHT ISSUES IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT
EFFORTS FOR COPYRIGHT PROTECTION IN DIGITAL ERA
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS AROUND THE WORLD
INDIAN POSITION
IT ACT 2000 VIS-A-VIS COPYRIGHT PROTECTION IN DIGITAL
ERA
MORAL RIGHTS AND ITS FACET OF PROTECTION
CHAPTER-III
INFRINGEMENT AND THE CONCEPT OF FAIR DEALING
INFRINGEMENT
EXCEPTIONS TO INFRINGEMENT (FAIR DEALING)
RIGHT TO INFORMATION & COPYRIGHT
CHAPTER IV

ENFORCEMENT

ENFORCEMENT
PROBLEMS IN ENFORCEMENT

CHAPTERV
CONCLUSION & SUGGESTIONS

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List of Abbreviations
DRM Digital Rights Management.
DSU Dispute settlement Understanding.
DVD Digital Versatile Disk.
EC Electronic Commerce.
ERMI Electronic Rights Management Information.
EU European Union.
GATT General Agreement on Trade and Tariff.
HTML Hyper Text Machine Language.
ILO International Labour Organization.
ISP Internet Service Provider.
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement.
RAM Random Access Memory.
TRIPS Agreement on Trade related Aspects of intellectual Property Rights.
UCC Universal Copyright Treaty.
UNCITRAL United Nations Commission for International Trade Law.
UNESCO United Nation Educational scientific and cultural
Organization.
URL Uniform Resource Locator.
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization.
WTO World Trade Organization.