Volume : II, Issue : VII, July - 2013

Copyleft for the Copyright

Suvrashis Sarkar

Abstract :

Copyright is a kind of intellectual property right whose importance has increased tremendously in the recent years due to rapid technological developments in the field of information and communication technology, printing, publishing, music and entertainment, etc. The object of copyright is to encourage authors, composers, artists, designers to create original works by rewarding them with exclusive rights for a certain time period. However economic exploitation of copyright is done by licensing the exclusive rights to others for monitory consideration. In the rapidly changing technological environment, copyright protection has been extended to areas of creative work particularly in the information technology industry relating to computer software and databases. Copyleft is emerging as a paradigm opposed to copyright which allows authors to grant the users of their works the right to use, modify, distribute and copy their works. This paper attempts to provide a basic understanding of copyright, followed with the introduction to the concept of copyleft, its history, the various methods and types of copyleft, and the fundamental thought behind it. This paper also attempts to touch upon the criticisms of copyleft, the current state and future outlook for copyleft.

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Suvrashis Sarkar Copyleft for the Copyright International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 2, Issue : 7 July 2013

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