Copyright Amendment Could Derail Indian Publishing

[The proposal clearly does undermine copyright. Indian publishing just now is probably more fragile that that in Australia. It is wierd that, after decades of trying to develop the industry, the Indian government should now risk undermining it.]


Copyright Amendment Could Derail Indian Publishing
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/31509
http://www.sify.com/news/copyright-amendment-could-derail-indian-publishing-industry-news-national-lbtv4hahdjb.html
'...'An author assigns exclusive publishing rights to different publishers in different territories based on what is the best solution for the book in the territory,' Sanjiv Goswami, president of the Association of Publishers in India, said. 

'But the amendment will undo these divisions and make India an open market where books can be dumped with complete disregard to the copyrights holders' wishes,' he cautioned....'





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