Art and Indian Copyright Law: A Statutory Reading
178 Pages Posted: 27 Dec 2015 Last revised: 27 Jul 2017
Date Written: February 17, 2015
Abstract
This work examines how the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, as amended in 2012, interacts with art (other than films and sound recordings), and, in particular, with Indian art. The first part of this text comprises a feminist and post-colonial reading of the Indian copyright statute while later parts focus on interpreting the provisions of the statute in relation to art.
Keywords: art, copyright, India, paintings, sculptures, appropriation, adaptation, photography
JEL Classification: K39, O34
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Saikia, Nandita, Art and Indian Copyright Law: A Statutory Reading (February 17, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2625845 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2625845
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