Priyanshu Yadav, BA.LLB, IMS Unison University
Yuvraj Singh, BBA.LLB, IMS Unison University
Introduction
Copyright is a type of intellectual property rights which are provided to the author of an original work the sole authority to control its reproduction and distribution. A person who violates another's copyright when they duplicate or reproduce their work without that person's consent is said to be committing a copyright offence. Section 2(m) of the Copyright Act of 1957 defines this act as creating an "infringing copy." Copyright infringement has become a much more serious issue as a result of technological improvement and the introduction of the internet.1 A new area of online copyright infringement has been made possible by the introduction of numerous over-the-top (OTT) platforms for streaming music and video content. Most of these streaming sites operate on the principle that users must pay to see content, which has led to an increase in the number of sources offering pirated content for free online. In certain instances, copyrighted content from various OTT platforms has been shared and circulated via software programmes that are generally employed for other purposes.
