Public Opinion
Misuse of Copyright
▪ Misuse of Copyright:The dispute highlights how copyright can be misused to suppress speech and silence opponents.
▪ South Indian actor filed a copyright infringement suit against other actress for using clips from their film without permission.
▪ Copyright law treats a film as an amalgamation of various components, each potentially having different copyright owners.
▪ The concept of ‘fair dealing’ under Section 52(1)(a) of the Copyright Act 1957 allows certain uses of copyrighted work without constituting infringement.
