On 8 June 2011 01:03, Vickram Crishna vvcrishna@radiophony.com wrote:
OK. No offense taken. Your legal grounding is well established, as we all know.
Oh sorry - none meant! Apologies if it sounded otherwise.
Can anyone please point me to the relevant link (for the census data, because the Census Authority is distinctly constituted at arm's length from the Government of India)? I would like to review the pertinent restrictions, for this list.
http://copyright.gov.in/Documents/CopyrightRules1957.pdf
28. Term of copyright in Government work.- In the case of Government work, where Government is the first owner of the copyright therein, copyright shall subsist until [Sixty] years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the work is first published.
Where Government work is defined as:
(k) "Government work" means a work which is made or published by or under the direction or control of- (i) the Government or any department of the Government; (ii) any Legislature in India; (iii) any court, tribunal or other judicial authority in India;
My reading is that the Census Authority is very much a part of government. A question that I have been thinking about is whether census data (in the raw form and not the presentation) is capable of being copyrighted.
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam ________ http://social.prathambooks.org/