Dear Mr Ahraf, An easy to read hadbook on copyrght is available at http://copyright.gov.in/handbook.htm The bare act is there at http://education.nic.in/CprAct.pdf The copyright comes into operation only when any copying or digitization affects prejudicially the trade or commercial interest of the owner of copyright.The fair use principle of the Indian Copyright Act doesn't prevent anyone from copying the documents for education, research or knowledge enhancement, unless it affects the trade or commercial interest of the copyright owner. Regards, K Rajasekharan Kerala Institute of Local Administration Thrissur ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [LIS-Forum] Digitalisation of Library Documents To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Dear friends, The on going discussion on the digitalisation of documents is beneficial for the library professionals they are engaged with it.As it is clear that the copyright period in Indian Copy Right Act it is 60 years. Can you inform that the reprint?of the document may be come under the copy right. Ashraf .k -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.