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| Title: | 4G Peer-to-Peer Technology – Is it Covered by Copyright? |
| Authors: | Sakthivel, M |
| Keywords: | Streaming, fourth generation peer-to-peer
4G P2P
Webcasting
Authors’ right |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | This
article highlights the legal issues that have developed since the advent of the
fourth generation peer-to-peer (4G P2P) Internet file transmission
technology especially in the copyright regime. A right over third
generation peer-to-peer technology for communicating work to the public has
already been extended to authors and also recognized by most of the countries.
However, extending authors’ right over 4G P2P is too complex because of the nature of the technology i.e., the
method of transmission is entirely different from the other generation P2P.
While examining the technology, one can very well understand that the method of
file transmission has some characteristics similar to that of traditional
broadcasting. Therefore, broadcasting organizations and some of the streaming
companies seek protection for such transmission just like broadcasters’
protection. In this paper, it is argued that without studying the technology as
well as defining rights of the author over the 4G P2P, extension of rights to the broadcasters as well as streamers
(webcasters in a limited context) is impossible. |
| Page(s): | 309-312 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1076 (Online); 0971-7544 (Print) |
| Source: | JIPR Vol.16(4) [July 2011]
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