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Dainik Bhaskar Hindi-language daily newspaper owned by the Dainik Bhaskar Group steal India in Pixels creative on Hindu Temples in India. India in Pixels is a data visualization based YouTube channel that explores India through the lens of data.
India in Pixels In Twitter tagged @DainikBhaskar and wrote, "thank you for validating why journalism in this country is in such a rotten state. You have no ethics to credit people despite being a multi-million company, have some shame".
According to the Copyright Act, 1957, a copyright is a legal right granted to a person for a limited period of time for his authentic and original work for publication, licence, assignment etc. The essential ingredient that fulfils the purpose of copyright is "idea".
Angry Netizens Lash Out against Dainik Bhaskar and say this is blatant plagiarism.
One of the Twitter user wrote "Utter disgusting @DainikBhaskar …Why can't you provide due credits to the original creator?? You've just tweaked the font & language here & there from the original work of @indiainpixels. Being such a reputed news outlet, how can you do so!!
Another user wrote "@DainikBhaskar have some shame on you….. don't know how many countless graphics and pictures you guys must have shown till date without giving proper credits. Have some pitty on yourself 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️"
"Dear @DainikBhaskar, I could have made a better copy for you, totally different looking and different colour scheme with a different temple in the background. But then you would have to pay me for it. 🤔 Okay! I got it now!" another user said.
Section 17(a) of the Indian Copyright Act states that the "first owner" of a literary work is the author of that particular work, and provides that the first ownership shall always remain with the author, regardless of the rights to the literary work concerned. has shifted. In short, this section provides that the photographer shall be the first owner of the photograph and shall have the rights so implied.
The Copyright Act, of 1957 is exhaustive and can effectively protect the rights of photographs posted on social media websites and photographer rights in India. This is because the law protects not only hard copy/paper photographs taken but also online posting of photographs.
This protection for online photographs is not explicitly spelled out in the Copyright Act, although existing judgments within the scope of such issues have been proving time and again that the term "photo" under section 2(c) of the Act Meaning includes photographs. Also posted on the online platform.
Therefore, the existing copyright law provisions are able to remove any obstacles that come in the way of social media users and all the latest technology.
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