On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Raj Mathur <[email protected]> wrote:
> While on wishlists, I'd like to request support for moving copyright > violations from criminal to civil law. And while you are at it, maybe you could ask for moving the Copyright Office from the Department of Higher and Secondary Education, where it resides for some obscure historic reason, to a more appropriate agency. The Ministry of Culture, perhaps. (Isn't copyright violation a civil as well as criminal offence under Indian law?) Sajan * **On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Raj Mathur **<[email protected]>**wrote: * > > *On Tuesday 08 Sep 2009, Vickram Crishna wrote: > > [snip] > * *> If s.21 of the Copyright Act does not recognise rights of public > > domain, then the law is at fault, and must be changed. If it is ultra > > vires the Constitution per se, then the need to amend it is more > > urgent. > > > > As such, it is a topic that needs to be discussed, thrashed out, and > > taken to action, within this forum. > > * > *While on wishlists, I'd like to request support for moving copyright > violations from criminal to civil law. *By copying someone's work you > are not depriving that person of the ability to use the work > him/herself, only of projected income. IMO there's no reason why > copyright violation should be treated as theft as opposed to, e.g., > breach of contract with corresponding civil recourses. > > Regards, > > -- Raj > -- > Raj Mathur [email protected] http://kandalaya.org/ > GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F > PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in >
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