Digital Copyright Management: Need for Managerial Aspects

Abstract

This paper discusses the digital copyright management in the context of digital libraries. The digital right management prevents the unauthorized use of authors’ original work. With the current technological developments in Information Technology, information can be accessed easily. Current copyright law does not discuss about the digitization aspect – particularly its storage, use in the network environment and fair use in the digital environment. It also discuss that about the computer software, piracy etc.. The main objectives of copyright management in digital aspects arc promoting the access and the use of information and protecting the works from the infringement for encouraging the authors in pursuit of knowledge. The technological developments, the increasing number of electronic publications and digital libraries pose challenges to the right holders as well as law enforcing agencies. The nature of electronic information including computer software is also discussed. Intellectual Property Rights ‘Intellectual property rights’ (IPR) is a general term which covers copyright, patents.