On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:16 AM, Abhilash S Unni <abhilashunni@gmail.com> wrote:
Does this help.

http://censusindia.gov.in/Footer_Menus/Disclaimer.html

The site mentions that 

quote

Copyright:

Material on this site subject to copyright unless otherwise indicated. The material may be downloaded without requiring prior permission. Any other proposed use of the material is subject to the approval of ORGI - New Delhi. Application for obtaining permission should be made to ORGI, New Delhi

unquote


Here's a very interesting point about copyright, that I just read on a webpage discussing copyright infringements (and claims, in the USA, which is sure a good place to litigate):

[a valid copyright notice has 3 elements: (1) the rights holder name, (2) the copyright symbol, and (3) the year of first publication. Using an copyright notice in an invalid format – such as omitting the year of first publication – is not recommended] 

The page is a blogpost by a photographer about pressing copyright claims in the USA: http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/2011/06/13/the-10-rules-of-us-copyright-infringement/

In this light, the copyright disclaimer on the Census webpage seems completely invalid. 
 


Regards

Abhi


On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Gautam John <gautam@prathambooks.org> wrote:
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
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