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Indian Copyright Bill Declares Private, Personal Copying "Fair Dealing"

Posted by timothy on from the much-less-drama-that-way dept.

asp7yxia writes "India's new copyright bill sounds like a pretty good piece of work: it declares private, personal copying to be 'fair dealing' (like US fair use) and limits the prohibition on breaking DRM so that it's only illegal to do so if you're also violating copyright."

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  1. Re:Indian Copyright Bill by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Okay, so you guys have the obligatory pandering fad-culture Simpson's episode just like the Brazilians. Speaking from an American's perspective, let me answer you:

    I take that you do not know too much about India. I think it is short sighted to talk about a country you have not lived in for atleast few years. Whatever you think as true, might not be, you know.

    You're right, and I'm willing to go to India for a few years. I'm an adventurous guy. But my job won't take me there and my vacation money is better spent in Europe.

    I have lots of friends who went to USA, came back and do not want to go back there. Lest you think it is just anecdotal evidence...the overall quality of living actually is same or even lesser in developed economies compared to developing economies*...* Unless they are in poverty.

    Nice caveat. After you define "poverty in India", I'll tell you this: once you have access to flush toilets and clean water, you tend to take even more pride in what you have.

    The overall quality of life is determined by lots of factors - one of the most important being relations. Humans seems to be most happy with very close and extended families and lot of friends, which is usually lost in western cultures. Most of my friends are back here because they want to be home.

    Because making love to a partner is SO much more fun with family in the house. You'll come to understand that too, remember a prior Slashdot article about the indians' love for searching for "sex" on the internet? Some of us like to leave the roost when we come of age lest we let momma dress us for the rest of our lives. But perhaps I'm just being a closed-minded ethnocentric pig.

    Regarding creative output...We have our own genres of music, two of the most popular being Carnatic and hindustani...

    That's nice, we have Jazz which is far more harmonically complex than the Hindustani emphasis on the single-line vocal portamento accompanied by droning. I'll give you rhythm, though. You guys got some wild time signatures. But, we also have rock and roll. By the way, the Indians who have the resources to go to the USA are often insulated from their own poor. Credibility nullified.