Do the following acts constitute infringement of copyright under the Copyright Act, 1957: ABC Publisher published a compilation of speeches of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister, delivered in public without perm
CS Executive · Economic, Commercial and Intellectual Property Laws · PYQS · December 2023
Do the following acts constitute infringement of copyright under the Copyright Act, 1957: ABC Publisher published a compilation of speeches of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister, delivered in public without permission.
Answer & Explanation:
Using the speech of former Prime Minister privately or reporting in newspaper or Magazine or television as news will not amount to infringement of copyright. But publishing a compilation of speeches of former Prime Minister to mass public without permission will amount to infringement of copyright.
Topics: Copyright Act, 1957
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