Copyright Protection Under A Digital Rights Management System
- IJLLR Journal
- Jul 23
- 1 min read
Dewanshi Bhatt, Bennett University
ABSTRACT
Since the advent of the digital age, content production, delivery, and consumption have all experienced significant transformations. This shift has led to complicated issues with copyright protection, rights for users, and technological protections for intellectual property. Copyright law gives the right to disseminate an object in a way that benefits the original creators or the copyright holder. Copyright owners now have even more control over how their intellectual property is used because to the advent of Digital Right Management (DRM) solutions. DRM tools are used in situations where text copying and sharing are prohibited or when Netflix blocks users from using identical account from many locations at the same time. However, the Copyright Act of 1957 established several restrictions for copyright holders. News reports, teaching, and private research are only a few of the activities that are exempt from the Principle of Fair Dealings under Indian law, especially Section 52 of the Act. This section was created to encourage scientific progress by making it easier for information to be shared for further research. It is argued that the implementation of DRM violates the Indian Constitution's provision of freedom of expression by undermining the principle of Fair Dealing. On the other hand, DRM advocates assert that protecting media authors' copyrights and the resulting profits is crucial. In order to determine whether the use of DRM techniques violates the principle of Fair Dealings as stipulated in the Copyright Act of 1957, the paper will examine both sides of the debate.
Keywords: Fair transactions, Digital rights management, Copyright, Digital commodities, Digital technologies.
