This is great news for academic libraries and their user community. Teachers need to take a closer look into syllabus and mark out / recommend portions of books relevant to their classes. In my view "secondary printing / xeroxing / publishing" centers that make a lot of money by copying entire books wholesale must be identified and dealt with. Gross violation of copyright does affect publishers' earnings. Dr P Vyasamoorthy 30 Gruhalakshmi Colony, Secunderabad 500015 Telangana LL 040-27846631 / Mobile: 9490804278 I stopped contributing to Merinews and Ezine as they are encouraging only commercial posts. On 14 December 2016 at 11:18, Dr. Sandeep Bhavsar <sandeep.bhavsar@gmail.com
wrote:
Dear All ‘No restriction on how much text can be photocopied as long as syllabus justifies it’.
IN A judgment that is likely to have a far reaching impact on copyright law and publishing in India, the *Delhi High Court on Friday 09 December 2016* said photocopying of copyrighted material for educational use was allowed under the Indian Copyright law, and there could be no restriction on how much of the book is copied as long as the demands of the course being taught justified it.
*The division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Yogesh Khanna on Friday passed a 58-page judgment *on an appeal filed by five international Publishers — Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd., Taylor & Francis Group, U.K.; and Taylor & Francis Books India Pvt. Ltd — against a single bench decision of the High Court.
*Judgment Delivered on 9th December 2016* - http://lobis.nic.in/ddir/dhc/PNJ/judgement/09-12-2016/ PNJ09122016RFAOS812016.pdf
Warm Regards
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