CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1; OBJECTIVES OF COPYRIGHT LAW: BALANCING OF USER RIGHTS; 1.1 Historical Evolution of System of Copyright Law; 1.1.1 Statute of Anne and Origin of Author Rights; 1.1.2 Copyright Law and Advancement of Public interest; 1.1.3 Greater Copyright Protection to the Detriment to the Public Interest; 1.2 Balancing of Rights with Owner Rights; CHAPTER 2: COPYRIGHT EXCEPTIONS UNDER INDIAN LAW PERTAINING TO DISABLED PERSONS; 2.1 Element of Public Interest in Indian Copyright Law ; 2.2 Existing Exceptions Under Indian Copyright Law ; 2.3 Constitutional Obligations Towards Amelioration of Disabled Persons ; 2.3.1 Article 14 - Right to Equality ; 2.3.2 Article 15 - Right to Non-Discrimination ; 2.3.3 Article 19(1)(a) - Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression ; 2.3.4 Article 21 - Right to Life and Personal Liberty; 2.4 Embedment of Right to Education in India and entitling disabled persons; 2.4.1 Judicial Creation of Right to Education; 2.4.2 Streamlining State's Obligation for Free and Compulsory Education; 2.4.3 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 ; 2.4.4 The Persons with Disability Act, 1995 ; 2.4.5 National Policy for Persons with Disabilities 2006; CHAPTER 3: THE COPYRIGHT (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2010: A CRITIQUE ; 3.1 The Fair Dealing Provision Pertaining to Disabled ; 3.1.1 Constitutional Challenges on Ground of Discrimination; 3.1.2 Further Limitations upon Utilisation of Fair Dealing ; 3.2 Compulsory Licensing Provisions; 3.2.1 Limited Number of Applicants for Compulsory License; 3.2.2 Bureaucratic Licensing Process and Lack of Absolute Time Limit; 3.3 Concerns for Copyright Owners Posed by Amendment Bill ; 3.4 A review of Canadian Model- Lessons for Indian Copyright System ; 3.4.1 Wide Encompassing Definition of End Beneficiaries ;. 3.4.2 Licensing of Rights by Collective Societies; 3.4.3 Monitoring of Abuse by Copyright Collective Societies; 3.5 Suggestions and Recommendations to Indian Copyright Amendment Bill ; CHAPTER 4; COPYRIGHT EYCEPTIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW PERTAINING TO SNOS; 4.1 Existing International Copyright Regime; 4.1.1 Berne Convention 4.1.2 Rome Convention; 4.1.3 TRIPS • Wider expanse of three step test under TRIPS; 4.1.4 WIPO Copyright Treaty 69; 4.1.5 WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty; 4.2 Three Step Test: An Analysis; 4.2.1 WTO Dispute Panel Report on Three Step Test; 4.2.2 Application Test to Disabled Person Exception; 4.3 Inadequacies of Existing International Copyright Regime; 4.4 UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities; 4.5 World Blind Union Proposed Treaty 4.5.1 Exception for Reproduction in an Accessible Format EL; 4.5.2 Rights to Circumvent Technological Protection Measures; 4.5.3 Freedom of Import and Export of Accessible Works; 4.6 Further Deliberations Act Standing at SCCR Upon WBU Treaty SL; 4.6.1 The US Consensus 4.6.2 European Union Recommendation; 4.6.3 The TIGAR Solution; 4.6.4 Twenty Second Session of SCCR; 4.6.5 Criticism of WBU Treaty; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY.