forensics of
software copyright infringement. he has worked on AFC (Abstraction-
Filtration-Comparison), the method of investigation of software piracy and
copyright infringement cases ... Computer Science and his Ph.D is on
forensics of software copyright infringement. He is the first Asian to have
obtained Ph.D in this
licensed Oracle Proprietary Software
deployed by CMPFO wherein they gave full details of the software Piracy done
by Shri A.N. Bhattacharjee, Commissioner - in this ... PSUs. etc. to avoid any piracy and copyright
infringement of computer software. The piracy attracts provisions of IPC . What
action has been taken by Ministry
section 115A of the Act cannot provide any aid to
interpret computer software independent of 'copyright'. As section 115A is a machinery
provision ... objective of EULA is to ensure protection against
misuse, abuse or piracy of software and is nothing but a set of instructions or conditions,
imposed
VARs in connection with the Software Products in the
Territory.
2.3 List of Software Products, future Adobe Software
I.T.A. No.5433/Del/2011 ... Software
Product upon thirty (30) days prior notice to Distributor. If
Adobe discontinues a Software Product so that it becomes an
End of Life Software
protect its
Intellectual Property Rights and prevent piracy of its products. Software is a form of an IP Right and
Software licenses govern the usage ... Informant to purchase the appropriate software licenses. Further, discounts for OEM channels
are not unique to the software industry, the difference between the wholesale price
appellant had procured software/right to use software and therefore
liable to pay service tax under Information Technology Software Service
(ITSS, for short) in terms ... activity of the appellant, as there is no procurement of
software/right to use software and the appellant is merely procuring
labels (COA) and affixing
VARs in
connection with the Software Products in the Territory.
2.3 List of Software Products, future Adobe Software
Products may be added to the License ... Software
Product upon thirty (30) days prior notice to Distributor. If
Adobe discontinues a Software Product so that it becomes an
End of Life Software
assessee merely purchased a software
SDS/2 from Design Data and Tekla Structures
software, which respective installation CD's
were imported ... will provide additional
hardware locks. being anti piracy devices. The
assessee has then to install the software.
which it already has on a CD format
developing software and System Applications & Products in Data processing
generally known as SAP products and selling licenses 'for use of the software ... party 1 & 2 in lndia to locate and prevent piracy
of the software of the opposite party..
3.3 The opposite party
contention of the appellants is that software CDs are only software locks which prevent the same from piracy and these are not parts ... argument of the appellants that software is in respect of software protection lock which prevents piracy.
8. Further we find that the Commissioner (Appeals
