Copyright Protection in Digital Era

Abstract: The advent of the internet and advancement in technologies in the twentieth century raised a completely new set of challenges to the copyright domain. The digitization of content has brought about an astonishing increase in the distribution of unauthorised copyrighted works and has caused a tremendous impact on copyright law. Now that most forms of content are in digital format and are globally accessible, hence the need to protect the interest of the authors have risen over the decade. The paper reflects upon the copyright issues faced in the digital era which have been left unacknowledged. Further, this paper deliberates and analyses the problems faced by copyright holders due to circumvention of laws by people to access content illegitimately and also looking at judicial responses in the digital era which has been unaddressed. The paper concludes with some solutions and ideas that could be useful for regulating digital copyright infringement. Keywords- Copyright, Digitalization, TRIPS Agreement, Indian Copyright Act, Digital Rights Management.