is linking to infringe content illegal in India and abroad

681 votes

Dear Concerned,

Any propagation of any infringing material, whether directly or indirectly, amounts to infringement. Therefore, the answer to your first query is yes. in so far as the second query is concerned, you are advised to inform the exact nature of the material and your portal.

Advocate Avneesh Garg LawRato

693 votes

Linking has to be checked on case to case basis to ensure that no IP infringement is taking place in that particular case. However linking activities may expose you to liability for contributory copyright infringement if you end up link to works that clearly infringe somebody's copyright, like literary work, pirated music files, video clips of commercially distributed movies etc.Bottom line it’s a risky business to link without checking.

Advocate Rishi Kulshresth LawRato