Md Waseq Ur Rahman
Bangladesh
Research Article
Copyright Law and Online Journalism in Bangladesh: The Lights are on, but Nobody is Home
Author(s): Md Saiful Alam Chowdhury* and Md Waseq Ur RahmanMd Saiful Alam Chowdhury* and Md Waseq Ur Rahman
Bangladesh is one of the next eleven countries in the world with approximately 160 million people is experiencing a great boom in the growth of online news portals in the recent past due to the development of wireless communication technologies. The seemingly ease of online content production has been an integral perspective leading to the mushrooming of online news portals all over the country burgeoning a culture of substandard journalism. Lack of enforcement regarding the protection of intellectual properties is fueling this trend. Extremely weak to almost no copyrights protection system of Bangladesh has been victimizing every sector. It has been a stemming factor hindering innovation and creativity in the path to economic development of the nation. Without proper regulatory policies, newer technologies are adding to the wound. In this perspective, as an explanatory article, this .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2375-4516.100079