Historical development of copyright law in India

The copyright law has traversed a long journey from the Guttenberg to Information age. A vast change could be seen in the copyright since its inception. The Statute of Anne was the first law, which has set the parameters and guidelines for the publication and exploitation of the work of an author for economic benefits. Since then, there was no looking back. India was then a colony of Britain and hence the law of UK was applicable here too. The first Copyright Act of India was enacted in the year of 1957 and since then it has been amended five times, to bring it in conformity with the changes times and technology. The most recent being in 2012, which was not only to bring the law in conformity with the Information age but as well to confirm to the WIPO copyright Treaty(WCT) and WIPO Phonograms Treaty (WPPT).