Broadcasters’ Rights in the Digital Era: Copyright Concerns on Live Streaming by M. SAKTHIVEL. Leiden/Boston: Brill Nijhoff, 2020. xiv+258 pp. Hardcover: €153.00; eBook (pdf): €153.00. doi: 10.1163/9789004419155

Abstract

This book discusses the emergence and development of copyright law up to live streaming and the challenging issue of copyright owners ’ and/or authors ’ rights in digital 4G (P2P) transmissions.Theintroductory line – “ the origin and development of copyright law is closely asso-ciated with technological advancement ” – raises the issues of socio-economic development of broadcasting industries, 4G peer to peer (P2P), and the right to rebroadcasting to computer networks and streaming. Sakthivel then examines whether “ Indian laws ” are adequate to protect the interest of broadcasting organisations in the context of 4G technology, the 2012 amendments to the Indian Copyright Act 1957, the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT), the WIPO Performance and Phonographs Treaty (WPPT), and the Rome Convention 1961. The second chapter deals with technological advancement in communications to the public, from radio diffusion to streaming, discussing the historical development of terrestrial TV broadcasting, P2P file transfer technology, streaming technology, Internet Television (IPTV), web/internet TV, mobile streaming, and Long-Term Evolution (LTE) mobile The question is posed as whether these be termed as “ broadcasting ” the purpose broadcasters