Dear Ravi,

To add to what Kalyan said, you should check as to what
license/copyright release policy the Hindustan Times followed with
respect to your article when they first published it. Normally the
right to reproduce an author's publication is incorporated in such
agreements/policies.

Sincerely,
Raman Jit Singh Chima

--- In cyberlaw-india@yahoogroups.com, Kalyan Varma <kalyan@...> wrote:
>
>
> I am not legal expert in these things, but since I worked with Yahoo
> before I can tell you this. Yahoo or people in yahoo do not touch any
> of the news items on the site. They all come from their partners and
> in this case its from Hindustan Times. You can see the ref to
> Hindustan.com on the right of the page right next to the title. I have
> a feeling this has happened because of the way feeds get pushed from
> Hundustan times to Yahoo.co.in.
>
> Just my 2 paise
>
> - Kalyan
>
> On 03-Aug-08, at 3:42 PM, Ravi VS Prasad wrote:
>
> > I wrote an original article on the edit page of the Hindustan Times,
> > issue of Wed, 30 July 2008
> >
> > As the original author, I automatically own the copyright under
> > sections 13 and 17 of the Copyright Act, 1957.
> >
> > This article has been reproduced in toto by Yahoo at
> >
> >
http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20080730/1050/top-homegrown-terror-india-in.html
> >
> > Significantly, my name, which was at the top of the Hindustan Times
> > article, has been removed by Yahoo.
> >
> > Also, my brief bio, which was at the bottom of the Hindustan Times
> > article, has also been removed by Yahoo.
> >
> > Further, the Yahoo article does not mention the Hindustan Times at
> > all.
> >
> > What are my remedies in this case? Can I sue Yahoo for criminal
> > damages under sections 63 and 69 of the Copyright Act, and for civil
> > damages under under sections 55 to 59 of the Copyright Act?
> >
> > Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad
> >
> >
> > __._,_.__
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>