How lax is the Copyright Act of 1957?
The Copyright Act of 1957 does make provisions to protect rights but people can be apprehensive because it takes so long in court. Hollywood is not successful when they wait until a week before the movie. This is a problem and court does not like this. Court says so many crores have gone into this movie and will be lost, so they do rule in favour of Bollywood. Hollywood sometimes takes too long. Timing is key. Copyright Act recognises foreign movies as a protected work. The Copyright Act is sufficient. But courts do not give much weight to IPR or copyright issues. It’s a question of the importance of rich people getting richer compared to a social issues case. Can Bollywood be successful? With the Partner/Hitch lawsuit, they could get distribution taken away since the case happened after the movie had been released. Damages are not granted very often. In recent times, courts have been granting them but damages granted are very small. Most stop at the stage of sending legal notice. Peop
