Maji, Dulal Chandra; Das, Piyali(INFLIBNET Center, February 25, 2009)
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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.