Academia, reproduction and copyright protection

While copyright issues have existed for more than a century, their prevalence in academic institutions has never been so great. Academic publishers Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Taylor & Francis recently initiated proceedings against Rameshwari Photocopy Service, a photocopy shop located in the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University and the University of Delhi, seeking prohibition against unauthorised photocopying, reproduction and distribution of copies of their copyrighted books.