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GIS Products and Copyright Protection in India
S.K. Soam
Head, ICM Division
NAARM, Hyderabad
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Copyright- protections• Indian copyright Act 1957• Amendments- 1981, 1984, 1994, (w.e.f. 15 January 2000),
2012.-remaking of zanzeer-Prakash Mehra-1973-Salim-Javed Akhtar, Amit Mehra-2012-Hindi/Telugu
• What can be protected?• Original (not originality of ideas)• Not conflicting with Design Act and Trademark Act• Forms of protection• Literary- databases, computer programs, compilations• Artistic- Maps, photographs, DEM• Adaptations• Translation• What are the rights?
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Copyright owners• Rights on original work• Rights on not-original work
– Abridgement/ translation etc / commentary/compilation
• Authorship and ownership• Assignment/ employment• Joint authorship
– Narrator-writer
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Registration requirement Source: S.K. Soam (2013). Protection of GIS Products under Indian Copyright Act, In: Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources Management (eds SK Soam, PD Sreekanth, N.H. Rao), ISBN: 978-93-81450-80-2, NewIndia Publishing Agency,
New Delhi, p465
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Status Un-published Published
Not registered LOW MODERATE
Registered HIGH VERY HIGH
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Databases Source: S.K. Soam (2013). Protection of GIS Products under Indian Copyright Act, In: Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources Management (eds SK Soam, PD Sreekanth, N.H. Rao), ISBN: 978-93-81450-80-2, NewIndia Publishing Agency,
New Delhi, p466
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Step 1: Facts Data Sets A bridged data sets
Step 3: Coordinates Integrated data Sets Database / compilation
Step 2: Selection
Step 4: Arrangement and value addition
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Computer Programs Source: S.K. Soam (2013). Protection of GIS Products under Indian Copyright Act, In: Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources Management (eds SK Soam, PD Sreekanth, N.H. Rao), ISBN: 978-93-81450-80-2, NewIndia Publishing Agency,
New Delhi, p468
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Compilations Source: S.K. Soam (2013). Protection of GIS Products under Indian Copyright Act, In: Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources Management (eds SK Soam, PD Sreekanth, N.H. Rao), ISBN: 978-93-81450-80-2, NewIndia Publishing Agency,
New Delhi, p467
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Adaptation
Photo by Steve Mc Curry, 1984, National Geographic Rock picture at Albany Bulb, California
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Adaptation Source: S.K. Soam (2013). Protection of GIS Products under Indian Copyright Act, In: Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources Management (eds SK Soam, PD Sreekanth, N.H. Rao), ISBN: 978-93-81450-80-2, NewIndia Publishing Agency,
New Delhi, p467
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Photographs
Bliss- XP wall paper by O’Rear, 1996, Sonoma Valley, California
Mahatma Gandhi, Dandi March, by Unknown, 1930
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Copyright vs Patent Source: S.K. Soam (2013). Protection of GIS Products under Indian Copyright Act, In: Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resources Management (eds SK Soam, PD Sreekanth, N.H. Rao), ISBN: 978-93-81450-80-2, NewIndia Publishing Agency,
New Delhi, p471
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Parameter Indian Copyright Act Patent as per TRIPs
Creator’s rights Protected without registration also Protected after grant
Term of protection During life time and 60 years after death for literary works
20 years
Scope of protection Expression of idea Implementation of idea
Originality/Novelty Original creation, no formal search, originality not lost after patent grant
Prior art search, novelty lost after copyright registration
Protection territory In Berne convention countries Territorial
Cost of protection Low High
Fair use Available No
Innocent infringement Available (s 58) No
Infringement action Include criminal proceedings Civil suit
Exclusive license Yes Yes
Royalty in general terms
Involvement of copyright societies and copyright board
Between the parties on the basis of mutually agreed terms
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Why?
Who?
How?
What?
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