COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS AND THEIR REMEDIES
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS AND THEIR REMEDIES What is Copyright Infringement: Copyright law gives rights to the owner of the copyright, permitting him to do certain acts in respect of the thing in which the right subsists. Any person who does one of these acts without the permission that is license from the owner of the copyright or from the authority i.e., the Registration of Copyrights is said to be infringement of the right. Hence, it can be said that Copyright infringement refers to the unauthorized use of someone’s copyrighted work. Thus, it is the use of someone’s copyrighted work without permission thereby infringing certain rights of the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work. In such circumstances, the owner of the copyright is able to get remedies by way of taking some measures like civil, criminal and ad