https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181422 Section 31 of the Copyright Act was construed purposively as a balancing provision between copyright owners' exclusive rights and public access to works. A refusal to grant broadcast rights can include an unreasonable demand for licence terms, not only an outright denial, so the Copyright Board may examine whether the refusal was unjustified and grant a compulsory licence on suitable terms. Section 31(2) was treated as confined to clause (a) and not as barring successive applications in broadcast cases where a fresh cause of action arises. en-us Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 10 Dec 2023 20:20:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181422 Section 31 of the Copyright Act was construed purposively as a balancing provision between copyright owners' exclusive rights and public access to works. A refusal to grant broadcast rights can include an unreasonable demand for licence terms, not only an outright denial, so the Copyright Board may examine whether the refusal was unjustified and grant a compulsory licence on suitable terms. Section 31(2) was treated as confined to clause (a) and not as barring successive applications in broadcast cases where a fresh cause of action arises. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=181422