9781107065437

Piracy in the Indian Film IndustryCopyright and Cultural Consonance

Arul George Scaria

Arul George Scaria is a post-doctoral researcher at the Catholic University of Louvain(UCL) in Belgium.

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Size : 150mm x 230mm

Pages : 338pp

Year : 2014

Binding : Hardback

ISBN : 9781107065437

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This book sheds light on how copyrightlaw works at the grassroots level in India,by exploring the social, cultural, historical,legal and economic dimensions of piracyin one of the biggest copyright-basedindustries: the Indian film industry. Basedon extensive fieldwork, this book providesnovel and insightful findings on thecomplexity and diversity of perceptionsregarding piracy within Indian society. Thebottom-up approach analysis adopted inthe book elucidates how local factorsinfluence copyright enforcement and thebook proposes a mix of positive andnegative incentives to increase thevoluntary compliance of copyright law inIndia.

Piracy in the Indian

Film IndustryCopyright and Cultural

Consonance

Arul George Scaria

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Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Piracy and the Indian Film Industry

3. Copyright Law in India: A Historical,Cultural and Legal Analysis

4. Copyright Piracy and Consumers:Insights from an Empirical Survey

5. In Search of Optimal Legal and PolicyOptions

6. Conclusion

Appendix 1: Detailed Description of theMethodology Used in the Study

Appendix 2: Questionnaire Used for theEmpirical Survey

Appendix 3: Tables

Bibliography

Index