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a fi rm or other association of individuals. Abetment of any offence
is punishable as if the abettor himself committed that offence.
COPYRIGHT ACTS
India has one of the most up-to-date copyright protection laws in
the world, governed by the Copyright Act, 1957. The Copyright
Act was based on the Copyright Act of 1914, framed by the Indian
Government of the British colonial era and also based primarily on
the 1956 Copyright Act of the United Kingdom. A major landmark
in the sphere of copyright during 1999 was the amendment to the
Copyright Act of 1957 to make it fully attuned with the provisions
of the TRIPS Agreement. Called the Copyright (Amendment) Act,
1999, this amended law became ...