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FAQ
Are Question papers copyrighted?
Copyright cannot be claimed in question papers set for examinations because they are not "original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works", and therefore do not come within the purview of Section 13 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957.
Are Textbook Question's - Answers copyrighted?
The court via its various judgments came to the conclusion that providing answers to textbook questions does not amount to copyright infringement. Providing answers to textbook questions and getting them published does not amount to copyright infringement as they are categorized under 'fair use' of copyright.
Can we share Education Materials? is that Copyright Infringement?
Yes, You can share . It's not an infringement according to the Hon’ble Supreme Court.
In “University of Oxford and others vs Rameshwari photocopy services” known as the DU photocopy case. In the year 2012, the publishers filed an injunction suit against Delhi University and Rameshwari Photocopy for infringement of the copyright materials. They contended that the Delhi University made photocopies of some books and made a compilation of it as a course pack for the purpose of the study and provided those course packs to students on payment of nominal charges. The publishers claimed that it is a clear case of infringement and course packs needs to be stopped. The publisher further claimed that permitting photocopies would cause damage to the publication publishing industry.
In 2016, a single judge of the Delhi High Court ruled against the publisher. He mentioned that the compilation of study materials from various books and making course pack protected as fair use of the copyrighted materials. Hence, no infringement of the copyrighted materials.
On December 2016 a Special Leave Petition was filed before the Hon’ble Supreme court by the Indian Reprographic Rights Organization. In this petition, they challenged the decision of the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court who ruled that the course packs in India is legal for the purpose of education.
Hon’ble Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Delhi High Court on 9th May 2017 and dismissed the petition. The very basis of this case that the Supreme Court has taken into consideration the socio-economic conditions of India, the realities of the education system and above all affordability of students due to growing modern technology in the education system.
Can I download Question papers from this site and reupload it in my site?
Yes, You can. Question Papers are not Copyrighted. You can even include answers to those questions. Those answers are also not copyrightable. Since, they are not original literary. Eg: How Can we copyright any answers or theorems that was written and proved by scientists and made them public.
Can Lecturers claim copyright over their Lecture Notes?
This also raises the issue of ‘knowledge’ in relation to copyright. Students come to university to learn and to acquire knowledge…from their lecturers. The lecturers cannot then prevent them from using that knowledge.Furthermore, where did the lecturers receive their knowledge from?
Knowledge is not copyrightable.
But Yes, they can claim copyright over files but not over the contents. If We or You Study their lecture notes and write it as our own. They cannot file a copyright claim. Because they do not own that. They also got that knowledge from someone else and wrote it as their own. We are the same.
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I wrote Newton's First law and uploaded that in my website. Can I claim copyright if someone else uploads the same Newton's First Law?
No, 'Facts cannot be copyrighted' LOL :)
Is providing Hyperlinks to another website - copyright infringement?
No, They are called Backlinks. If you are referring to providing a link to a pdf file, It's not copyright infringemnet as long as the files are publicly available and accessible by anyone.
How to claim Copyright if the files are on external website and not on sLearn.net?
Claim copyright on their website and if that file is removed from that website, the file will not be accessible from sLearn.net also.
Source:
copyright.gov.in
blog.ipleaders.in
indiankanoon.org
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