{"id":10191,"date":"2020-05-03T14:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T08:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naavi.org\/wp\/?p=10191"},"modified":"2020-10-09T07:03:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T01:33:40","slug":"circular-of-ins-secretariat-on-copyright-violation-by-whatsapp-and-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naavi.org\/wp\/circular-of-ins-secretariat-on-copyright-violation-by-whatsapp-and-telegram\/","title":{"rendered":"Circular of INS Secretariat on copyright violation by WhatsApp and Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This is in continuation of the earlier post)<\/a><\/p>\n

I have received a copy of a communication supposed to have been sent by the Secretary General of the INS (Indian Newspaper\u00a0 Society) to the publications as an advisory which is reproduced below:<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Esteemed Members,<\/span><\/div>\n
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Greetings from the INS Secretariat !!<\/span><\/div>\n
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It has come to our attention that some Publications are facing issues with distribution of the print copies and a lot of piracy and theft of newspapers is happening, especially in the digital format.<\/span><\/div>\n
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A lot of Newspapers are available in the ePaper format online in the morning every day, some of them being paid and some being free. Many users are actually copying the newspaper and creating PDFs which they circulate in WhatsApp and Telegram groups to the readers – leading to a loss in both subscription revenue for the print newspapers as well as ePapers digitally.<\/span><\/div>\n
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This is completely illegal and\u00a0 Publications are trying to battle it in their own ways.\u00a0 It is therefore recommended as below: \u2013<\/span><\/div>\n
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1.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Communicate clearly in the Apps, Websites and Newspapers – that circulating any copies or part thereof, is ILLEGAL and strict legal action will be taken against individuals with heavy penalties.<\/span><\/div>\n
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2.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Additionally, also for any legal action taken, publish\u00a0 few news stories to talk about the huge fines and lawsuits initiated\u00a0 against offenders to deter others from doing it.<\/span><\/div>\n
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3.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Take legal action against offenders, especially against WhatsApp and Telegram admins who\u2019re offending and trigger legal notices (WhatsApp group admins are liable for anything illegal that happens in their groups)<\/span><\/div>\n
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4.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Build certain product features which prevent piracy or at least slow it down\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
a.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Limit downloading as PDFs, Images<\/span><\/div>\n
b.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Add Java script code on pages to prevent copying<\/span><\/div>\n
c.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Insert a user identifier code which is not human visible, so circulated PDFs on Social Media can be tracked back to individuals<\/span><\/div>\n
d.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Auto generate list of users downloading greater than a certain number of PDFs per week and block them<\/span><\/div>\n
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This is for your kind information.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Kind regards,<\/span><\/div>\n
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Signed<\/span><\/div>\n
Secretary General<\/span><\/div>\n
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While we appreciate the measures taken by the INS to protect the interest of their members, we are awaiting the response from the secretariat on why publications which have reduced the size of their print publications continue to charge the same earlier price.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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From the point of view of the consumers, this is an unethical act of the News papers and we expect the INS to show the same zeal in advising the members to reduce the cover price of the publications at least temporarily.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Naavi<\/span><\/div>\n
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For the information of all: <\/span><\/div>\n
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The WhatsApp admin policy suggested by Naavi in the Cyber Law Compliance center\u00a0<\/a> has he following paragraph.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Quote:<\/p>\n

Sharing of Content<\/b><\/p>\n

The electronic space represented by the messages sent and received by a member of the group is considered as a \u201cPrivate Message Space\u201d.<\/p>\n

The messages delivered by a member through this group is meant only for other members of the group and Non Members have no authorization to access these messages nor\u00a0 the messages are meant for them.<\/p>\n

If any member shares any message with any Non-Member, such member shall be solely responsible for the consequences thereof. Also he shall be considered to have indemnified the other members of this group including the admins for any adverse consequences arising thereof.<\/p>\n

If any Non-Member accesses the messages without specific permission, it shall be deemed to be an unauthorized access as per Section 43 of ITA 2000\/8 and also liable for payment of compensation and prosecution under Section 66 of ITA 2000 of India.<\/p>\n

UNQUOTE:<\/p>\n

WhatsApp admins are advised to use such a clause and adopt the model policy suggested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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