Delhi University Photocopy Case Verdict
The Delhi high court on September 16, 2016 dismissed the suits by three international publishers against the sale of photocopied books and pages in Delhi University, a landmark verdict likely to have a wide-reaching impact on copyright laws in India.
Claiming that “copyright is not a divine right,” Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw observed that photocopying material for educational purposes was an exception to the Copyright Act,1957 and concluded that there was no need for a trial as no infringement was taking place.
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