What is the 1 st Amendment of 1999 to our Copyrights Act?
Ans. The Copyright Act Amendment , 1999 brought forth a few changes in the “fair use” provision pertaining to computer software. In this regard, it added three new provisions in the Act in Section 52(1) (aa). The new provisions read: “(ab) doing of any act necessary to obtain information essential for operating interoperability of an independently created computer program with other programs by a lawful possessor of a computer program provided that such information is not readily available; (ac) observation, study or test of functioning of the computer program in order to determine ideas and principles which underline any elements of the program while performing such acts necessary for the functions for which the computer program was supplied; (ad) making of copies or adaptation of the computer program from a legally obtained copy for non-commercial personal use”.
