Piracy in the Indian Film Industry - Copyright and Cultural Consonance

"Provides insights into the copyright law by analysing the social, cultural, historical, legal, and economic dimensions of copyright piracy in the Indian film industry"--

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Piracy and the Indian film industry; 3. Copyright law in India: a historical, cultural and legal analysis; 4. Copyright piracy and consumers: insights from an empirical survey; 5. In search of optimal legal and policy options; 6. Conclusion; Appendix 1. Detailed description of the methodology used in the study; Appendix 2. Questionnaire used for the empirical survey; Appendix 3. Tables; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Arul George Scaria is a postdoctoral researcher at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) in Belgium. He completed his doctoral studies at the International Max Planck Research School for Competition and Innovation (IMPRS-CI), Munich. He has previously worked as a CSIR-NIF Fellow at the National Innovation Foundation India and also practised as a lawyer in the High Court of Kerala, India.

Product details

• Authors: Arul George Scaria, Arul George (Universite Catholique De Louv Scaria, Arul George (Universite Catholique de Louvain Scaria, Scaria Arul George
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2014
• EAN: 9781107065437
• ISBN: 978-1-107-06543-7
• No. of pages: 338
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Law, LAW / Intellectual Property / General, Films, cinema, intellectual property law