Dear list members,

Shouldn't many of the volumes of the BORI critical edition now be in the public domain?.

This wikipedia page on the Indian copyright law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_India

states that for works published before 1958 the Indian Copyright Act, 1914 is applicable.

And the Indian copyright act of 1914 (link below)

https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/in/in121en.

pdf page 20 (pdf page 16) states:

3. The term for which copyright shall subsist shall, except as otherwise exressly provided by this Act, be the life of the author and a period of 50 years after his death:. . . .

Harry Spier

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 7:51 PM Howard Resnick via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear Scholars,

Is there any way to get a digital version of the B.O.R.I. Critical Edition of Mahabharata? If not, are the hard copies that are for sale more durable than the old ones which seem to fall apart with use?

Thanks and best wishes,
Howard

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