{"pk":60214,"title":"The Indian Copyright (Amendment) Act of 2012 and American Digital Music Exports: Why the United States Should Make Stricter Anti-Circumvention Laws in India an American Diplomatic Priority","subtitle":null,"abstract":"India presents the American music industry with a new frontier.\n \nThanks to the wide distribution of cell phones, an expanding digital infrastructure,\n \nand a growing appetite for music entertainment, India has\n \nbecome an important digital music export market for the United States.\n \nHowever, widespread digital piracy has hampered India's potential as\n \na digital music market. In the United States, anti-circumvention laws\n \nhave established a legal infrastructure that defends a digital access\n \nright independent of copyright. As a result, the United States has witnessed\n \nthe emergence of services that offer low priced digital music\n \nthat has managed to curb piracy. This article argues that the Indian\n \nCopyright (Amendment) Act of 2012 fails to provide for the independent\n \naccess right that serves as the legal backbone of America's digital\n \nmusic marketplace. In order to unlock the gateway to India's expanding\n \ndigital music consumer base, this article advocates that the United\n \nStates make the adoption of stricter anti-circumvention laws in India\n \nan American diplomatic priority.","language":"en","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/63p215c8","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Sahil","middle_name":"","last_name":"Chaudry","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2015-04-25T18:19:12+02:00","date_accepted":"2015-04-25T18:19:12+02:00","date_published":"2013-01-01T01:00:00+01:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uclalaw_elr/article/60214/galley/46173/download/"}]}