This post has been authored by Unmekh Padmabhushan, a final year student of National Law University, Jodhpur. Machine learning is the process by which a piece of software is able to expand upon its capabilities and knowledge in a self-driven manner without any significant human input. This technology has been used, for example, in disaster…
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Internet Broadcasting: Section 31D of the Copyright Act, 1957
This post has been authored by Anamika Kundu, a fourth year student at West Bengal University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata. It discusses Section 31D of the Copyright Act (put year), introduced in the 2012 Amendment. With the advent of smartphones and numerous interactive mobile applications, listening to music through apps have become a common…
Does Web Crawling Contravene the Indian Copyright Act, 1957?
[Ed Note: The following post has been authored by Shivang Agarwal, currently in his final year at NALSAR University of Law. In an interesting read, he analyzes the nature of web crawling actions and the kind of information collected to assess whether claims of copyright infringement may be brought against entities running such search engines.]…