Infringement of copyright by OTT Platform in india

Abstract

Since the human evolution, human constantly searched or researched for their betterment. This search for betterment took usfrom Stone Age to digital Age, which we are experiencing in as on date in 21st century.In this digital Age,the information which were in the books transferred to digital media, which now can be easily accessed all over the world through help of internet. The internet has successfully evolved universally on concept of free, fast, anywhere and anytime access. Now, the specialty of internet is that it cannot be controlled by a single or group of persons. This feature of internet has positive as well as negative side. The one of the downside we will discuss in the paper is the infringement which also called using someone’s work without permission of the author. This has led to copyright violation electronically. As, all of us are started using internet more and more, due to which internet became necessity of our life, the question of fair use has been arise. This necessity unknowinglyreflects that how use of internet has changed the very approach of the copyright laws in India. In this paper, we will further see evolution of OTT Platform, its meaning, origin and meaning of infringement, meaning of copyright and various Indian laws under which copyright infringement cases has been delt within India.