Publishing in India Today: Growing Imports/Exports, Territoriality, Piracy and Digital

Publishing Perspectives

In part 2 of our series on “Publishing in India Today” we consider India’s growing exposure to the international book markets, challenges to copyright law, the continuing problem of piracy and Indian e-books.
Of the many issues that are currently bringing together the publishing community in India, the issue that has generated one of the most significant responses is the proposed amendments to the country’s copyright law. Though there is a clear divide between people for and against it, publishers almost unanimously oppose the amendment.
As proposed, the amendment sanctions parallel imports, which allow the import of multiple editions of books into the Indian market, rendering the whole point of territorial rights a bit useless.
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