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USE OF LOK ADALAT FOR RESOLUTION OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IN EDUCATION SECTOR

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ASHISH GHANSHYAM BARVE
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.Si6.038

Abstract

Copyright protection aims to protect rights of owners and authors or creators which they have in the work done. Copyright registration is not mandatory and so, whenever any person does a literary, artistic etc work, the copyright is automatically created in originally authored work. If copyright in a work is registered and someone uses or exploits it without consent of owner of the copyright, infringement of copyright takes place. Today in education sector proactive efforts of teachers, educational institutions and student-parents etc, huge amount of original work is being created and we need more protection for our copyrights. Ordinary suit (litigation process) for copyright infringement in Indian courts takes a lot of time, money in the form of court fee, lawyers’ fees etc and it generally results in permanently damaged relation between the disputing parties. Lok Adalat is the unique system in India to resolve disputes by the mutual understanding or settlement between the disputing parties which is backed by the decree of the court. In India, the use of Lok Adalat for resolution of infringement disputes related to copyright is a question as there are many contradictory judgments from judiciary and lack of clarity in laws. This research paper with the use of doctrinal method, focuses on clarity regarding the concepts of Lok Adalat, Copyright infringement in education sector, what can be done in education sector for avoiding copyright infringement and whether we can use Lok Adalat to resolve these disputes.

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