Supreme Court of India
Eastern Book Company & Ors. v. D.B. Modak & Anr.
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For the reasons stated in the aforesaid discussion, the appeals are partly allowed.
Judgment, page 81
From the headnote
Indian Copyright Act, 1957,' Ss.2 (k), 13, 17 and 52: ..,,_ Copyright in Law Report- Publishing of copy edited version c ofjudgments, order and proceedings of Supreme Court by appellant - Copying by respondents - Claim of copyright in the publication/ published work - Held: Originaliiy in work is a requirement of copyright - It is a right to stop others from exploiting the work of owner without his consent - There is no copyright in the facts per se -All literary works have to be original/primary work for claiming such protection - However, derivative/secondary work would qualifY for claiming
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