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> private or personal use, including research [1] Doesn't that mean that most forms of piracy should be legal in India? That is, torrenting movies or music, et

• unmole 5y ago
  No, the exceptions are for fair dealing which is limited in scope.
• webmobdev 5y ago
  That sounds like stretching the law a bit too much. :) But, regarding piracy of copyright material, indian courts have said that downloading or streaming a movie from the internet is not a criminal act. It is only the distribution of copyright material that is illegal and a criminal act. Ofcourse, in this case (SciHub), I am guessing the argument would be that copyrighting research material (science / knowledge) is itself absurd and detrimental to society, and that should trump the interests of the copyright holder.
• alok-g 5y ago
  +1. What if someone claims they are watching movie for purposes of research!