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Court refuses to allow photocopy of
international textbooks in DU
Friday April 26, 2013 06:58:01 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court Thursday rejected a plea of Delhi University students'
asking it to vacate the order on a photocopy shop in the north
campus, restraining it on selling of photocopies of certain text
books of international publishing houses.
The students moved the court saying the ban on the photocopy shop
be lifted to ensure their welfare and preparation to the coming
term-end examinations in May this year.
Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, however, refused to allow the plea of
students and posted the matter for further hearing for May 13.
The court had earlier restrained Rameshwari Photocopy Service
located in Delhi School of Economics from making or selling course
packs and also reproducing the publications of three international
publishing houses -- the Oxford University Press, the Cambridge
University Press and Taylor and Francis
The three had moved the court Aug 14 last year against Rameshwari
Photocopy Service alleging that it was infringing their copyright
over the text books by selling their photocopies to students.
The court, while passing an interim order last year, had
restrained the photocopy shop from "making or selling course packs
and also reproducing the plaintiff's publication or substantial
portion by compiling the same either in a book form or in the form
of a course pack, till the final disposal of the said
application".
The order had said: "The photocopier is running its shop under
licence from university. Photocopier has no right to compile such
course packs and books/articles published by the plaintiffs and
more so, when the university has taken a stand that that they have
no intention to breach any law by making such reproductions as
complained of by the plaintiff in the present suit."
The Delhi University earlier had assured the court that it would
take steps to prevent the copyright infringement.
During the hearing Thursday, an advocate appearing for publishing
houses sought dismissal of the students' plea. "That shop
photocopied my entire text book just because you are teacher or
student... you cannot use the photocopy of the text book. The
objective of this case is to stop this activity and not to stop
the students from studying the books. They can study the chapters
or books in library. But the text books can not be reproduced
entirely."
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