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Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Indian official wants to expand fair use

On October 3, India's Union Minister for Human Resource Development Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi called for an international expansion of the legal scope of fair use. "We urge UNESCO to mobilise an international consensus on reasonable interpretation of 'fair use' clauses in international and copyright laws which should provide a good balance between private profit and public good and allow the pursuit of research and education."