Dear friends, While we all welcome the Delhi high court's judgement, we should also be cautious about the ramifications and its outcome. Book publishing is indeed an industry with some profit motive. Imagine if publishers avoid printing textbooks or authors show little interest in book writing? After all both are interdependent on one another for profits and royalties. Hence, there should be a balance of underlying interests which needs to be protected by a carefully amended copyright act for India. Any prerogatives or shortcuts by both parties will jeopardise the scholarly communication system. Dr M Koteswara Rao Former librarian UoH. Sent from my iPhone

On 15-Dec-2016, at 11:06 PM, Vasumathi Sriganesh (QMed) wrote:

I would be a little concerned with the words:

"...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."

There would be too much ambiguity about who justifies the demands, and how they justify it. I have already come across parents who say - "Books are too expensive - we cannot afford to buy them" - and I am not talking about the lower income groups here.

The rule if it is clearer or better quantified will be easier to implement

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On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Dr. Sandeep Bhavsar < sandeep.bhavsar@gmail.com> wrote:

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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

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