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Without intermediaries that provide access to, host and link content, the internet will not be the vibrant place it is today. Yet with the rising number of online copyright infringements, right holders have increasingly shifted their focus to intermediaries in their efforts to curb infringements. This has led to internet intermediaries being increasingly exposed to copyright liability. In light of this, safe harbours that provide certain classes of intermediaries with conditional immunity play an important role in maintaining a healthy balance between the interests of right holders and third parties. In the copyright context, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998 (DMCA) enacted in the United States was the first instance where such a safe harbour was afforded to internet intermediaries. During the two decades of the DMCA's operation, it has been used as a blueprint to shape safe harbours in other jurisdictions. This article focusses on two such jurisdictions—namely, Singapore and India—and provides a comparative and in‐depth analysis of the safe harbour frameworks in the said jurisdictions, while mapping out how they compare with the DMCA. In the process, the article highlights a number of features in the DMCA that have been remodelled in Singapore and India.

This book is the outcome of extensive involvement and tireless hard work by academicians, experts, and professionals who have designed the study as well as authored and edited the chapters of this book. We would like to express our gratitude to all those who have guided us in bringing out this book and for the support toward successful completion of the same. A word of special thanks to our Founding Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University, Mr. Naveen Jindal, who has always been kind in offering his unstinted support to implement this conceptual study. His unending encouragement has helped us overcome challenges in the process of research and writing of this book. We also convey our heartfelt thanks to our Vice Chancellor, Professor C. Raj Kumar, for his continued guidance and support to Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences and for inspiring us to research on a topic such as "Digital Piracy in India." Additionally, we extend our appreciation to Professor Hongyao Wu from China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), Beijing, and Professor Vanja from the University of Belgrade for helping us collect data for this study. We thank Ms. Garima Jain for being a part of this research since the beginning and for designing the research study in an exceptional manner. We would also like to thank Dr. Mohita Junnarkar, Assistant Professor at Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences, for reviewing, providing constructive criticism, and shaping the book to its present form. We would also like to acknowledge our research fellows -Ms. Sweta Lakhani, Ms. Aishwarya Thakur, Ms. Shivani Sachdev, Ms. Sonakshi Dixit, and Ms. Arunima Saraf -for providing technical and analytical support from the literature review phase to the writing and editing of chapters. We express our sincere thanks to O.P. Jindal Global University for providing us with the research grant for carrying out this study without which this project could not have been conceived and finally achieved. Lastly, we would like to thank Mr. Raj Kumar Revri, Former Diplomat, for his valuable insights and suggestions.This Book has been launched during the BILETA (British and Irish Law

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