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Rajya Sabha approves copyright amendment bill
Friday May 18, 2012 09:48:19 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
A bill providing for amendments to the copyright act to remove
operational difficulties and address new issues concerning the
digital world and internet was Thursday approved by the Rajya
Sabha.
The Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, also seeks to make its
provisions in conformity with World Intellectual Property
Organisation's (WIPO) Copyright Treaty and performances and
phonograms treaty.
The bill to further amend Copyright Act, 1957, was moved by Human
Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal. It seeks to provide
exclusive rights and moral rights to performers in conformity with
the WIPO's performances and phonograms treaty.
It also seeks to provide definition of new terms such as
"commercial rental", "rights management information" and "visual
recording" and to amend the existing definitions of the terms
"author", "cinematograph films", "communication to the public,"
"infringing copy", "performer" and "work of joint authorship."
An objective of the bill is to make provision for storing of
copyrights material by electronic means in the context of digital
technology and to provide for the liability of internet service
providers.
Nominated member Javed Akhtar and Samajwadi Party member Jaya
Bachchan were among those who participated in the discussion.
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