The growth of information and digital technology has rapidly increased the number of internet users. Many countries, including India, have enacted legislations to regulate the activities related to Internet. The Government of India has passed Information Technology Act in 2000 and further amended it on October 27, 2009, which gave fillip to cyber law. Though the amended Act contains considerable changes, the issues such as copyright, payment issues, media convergence, domain name, cybersquating and jurisdiction still remain unsolved. Infringement over Internet and piracy of copyrighted works are considered as big threats hampering the growth of the Internet, e-commerce and digital economy. Dissemination of computer virus, hacking and disabling the network system are still the challenging tasks for corporate houses, service providers, and the internet users. This paper suggests that there is a need for an appropriate legislation, policies and strong legal institutions to effectively enforce cyber laws for the promotion of e-commerce and reduction of copyright related disputes.

Information Technology is growing faster than any other communication vehicle.Invention of digital technology was the most important revolution in the last century. The influence of digital technology on information technology is phenomenal. This millennium is witnessing a new culture of internet. It is changing our lifestyle and way of doing business from traditional commerce to e-commerce. Originally it was confined to military establishments. Today Internetis not only used for educational purposes but also for businesses because of its speed, creativity, flexibility and tremendous potential to disseminate information beyond the geographical boundaries. The advent of information technology and communication network has made it possible to carry out most of the business activities online. The Government of India by passing Information Technology Act, 2000 and further amending it on October 27, 2009 has given fillip to cyber law. But various issues are not specifically covered by the Act, such as copyright, payment issues, media convergence, domain name, cybersquating and jurisdiction which have wide-ranging ramifications for the growth of e-commerce in India.

The evolution of technologies and convergence of broadcasting media, communication media and is creating a lot of legal issues. Today, computer has replaced television, fax and telephone (Figure 1). Thus important attributes like data text images and voice are combined by the computers in the form of multimedia which raise the issue of neighboring rights.

According to the Copyright Act, 1957, copyright is a negativemonopoly right which enables the author of the work to prevent others to exercise that right which has been conferred on him. The author is the exclusive owner of his creation. The precise text to determine whether a person is entitled to copyright is to ascertain whether "skill, judgment and experience or labor, and capital has been expended in creating the work.

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