The challenges and violation of Copyright in cyberspace

Author – Akash G, Student at Sastra deemed to be university, Tamilnadu

Best Citation – Akash G, The challenges and violation of Copyright in cyberspace, International Journal on Cyberspace Law and Policy, 1 (1) of 2023, Pg. 15, ISBN – 978-81-960677-4-8.

Abstract

Technologies that are currently raising questions for copyright law are those that allow for the digital storage and transfer of works. The technological components in copyright law are reproducibility, dissemination of work, easy storage. And the basic challenges or issues in copyright in cyber space are 1) Determination of Public and Private Use of the copyrighted work, 2) Distribution and Reproduction Rights of the copyrighted work 3) enforcement of liability if infringement happens. These are some fundamental issues of copyright in cyberspace. In cyberspace infringement is happening widely due to the technological component mentioned above. Some violation of the copyright in the cyberspace includes linking and framing of website which may infringe creator’s right and revenue and uploading and downloading of the copyrighted work with the authorisation is also an infringement under copyright laws. Peer to peer transmission is software network which allows any computer connected in that software can upload, download ay digital work. This may infringe the interest of the copyright holder. In Napster case the court held the land mark judgement regarding peer to peer sharing software namely ‘Napster’ against the defendant for violating the copyright. Thus the technological development which is the reason for the raise of issues in the cyberspace and violation of the copyright in the cyber space will be discussed in wide in this article.