Looking Ahead At Potential Changes To India's Copyright Law

The copyright office has sought stakeholder inputs on making amendments to India's copyright law. In this blogpost we look at some of the areas in which the law could potentially be amended.

At the end of October 2020, the Registrar of Copyrights¹ sought inputs² from businesses on whether they think India's copyright law requires any changes, and what changes they would like to see if such an exercise is carried out. This is the first major step towards amending the Copyright Act, 1957 since the last round of amendments in 2012. This is a significant move as it appears to be targeted at bringing the copyright law up to date with newer internet enabled business models. In this blogpost we look at some of the areas in which the law could potentially be amended.