https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/3830 2026-04-08T11:58:51Z https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/1516 Promoting Entrepreneurship and Protecting Copyright of Authors: Revisiting to the Traditional Meanings of Originality and Authorship of Copyright Law Harankaha, HA Menaka In this paper, it is argued that even today's changing face of objectives of copyright protection and its underlying rationale have a direct bearing on some issues of copyright law. For example, from the very inception of the evolution of copyright law, it was thought that the primary purpose of recognition of this right is to protect the rights of author or creator of a work rather than that of securing the rights of the person who has made arrangements to complete the work by way of organizing matters and providing necessary financial assistance. This phenomenon is yet accepted in copyright law and even further advocated by writers highlighting that copyright is a way gives property rights in relation to mental labour or intellectual creative labour. In other word, arguably copyright rests on creativity rather than investment! Despite following the same principle in application and enforcement of copyright law, trends of modern copyright law is much more favourable in determining and securing the rights of these investors or, in other word, as commonly known, entrepreneurs rather than that of the rights of real authors or creators. This situation is obviously reflective in some copyright concepts such as copyrights of employer, joint ownership/authorship or co-authorship, concept of moral rights etc. This paper analyses the dominating nature of copyright ownership of enterprises/ investors and private organizations over the traditional copyright ownership of actual creators of works and recommends necessary limitations to be imposed upon entrepreneurs in acquiring full copyright ownership by analysing the concept of joint authorship and moral right under copyright law. It further emphasizes the importance of providing a broad definition for the idea of originality in the context of the present copyright law development in Sri Lanka. article full text 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/1515 Threats to On-line Privacy Mahanamahewa, Prathiba The further development of the World Wide Web is threatened by the lack of online privacy and efforts to destroy net neutrality, says the father of the Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee. He believed the world had to think about privacy "from a completely different point of view" in future, because the threat to personal privacy will be so great. Consumer awareness about privacy is increasing, particularly among Internet users. Sooner or later, if it is not happening, consumers will demand that their privacy be respected by business. This may require some modification to business practices and customer service and may involve costs not previously incurred. Even American big business has accepted that privacy is a concern, which must be addressed. All the public surveys conducted by and for big business in America showed a lack of confidence that consumer's personal information would be protected if they entered into transactions on the Internet. Privacy concerns have been clearly identified as a barrier to the development of e-business. This paper discusses the barriers to effective E-business and the legal protection for data Privacy in Sri Lanka. article full text 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/1514 Power Sharing, Economic Development and National Security- Sri Lanka' s Crisis of Executive Convenience Elkaduwe, Samindika 'Stability' through national security and economic development is arguably a dominant model for governance in the contemporary world order. In transitional societies such as Sri Lanka the claims made on the basis of 'power-sharing' and 'internal self-determination' are often understood as seeking to undermine this dominant model and its many uses. Those who advocate this dominant model rest their case on several misguided arguments which rest on a rather narrow understanding of the question of stability in transitional societies. In brief they show a particularly hostile attitude towards political accommodation at a transitional stage claiming them to be an unwarranted distraction and a costly exercise which should not be the key focus. Further they argue that it undermines the need for a strong centre representing strong decision making ability and that it increases the dangers of secession. In Sri Lanka this was essentially the case in the period after independence. Successive governments were obsessed with the idea of stability through economic development that, for half a century they turned a blind eye to the real claims of the politically isolated communities which resulted in a thirty -year internal strife. The author seeks to assess through qualitative data analysis the accuracy and the validity of the key arguments posed in support of stability through development and national security as a dominant model of governance in light of the Sri Lankan political experience after independence and similar events in jurisdictions elsewhere. The author attempts to argue based on secondary data that that objectives of political accommodation of claims relating to self-determination and the like and that of development and ensuring national security in transitional societies are not necessarily at variance in order to propose an alternative model for Sri Lanka based on the celebrated principles of good and responsible governance. article full text 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/1513 The Impact of Tax Avoidance in the context of Economic Development in Sri Lanka: A Critique of Income Tax and Tax Avoidance Pathirana, RPD Income tax is a tax on income. The very important financial obligations of the country are bound by the revenue of the country. Tax avoidance and Tax evasion are very similar words which could be more affected to the Tax on Income. Tax avoidance is a crucial situation in the tax system, because Levy of income tax has social effects too, besides its effect on economic life and the development of the community. Mainly it engages public purpose as it is for public and referred to public welfare activities, salaries of public servants and debts. In this context, this paper argues that the existing legal framework applicable to define the concept of income and Tax avoidance. This argument is supported mainly referring to the relevant Sri Lankan legal authorities. Thus the objective of this paper is threefold; first is to explore the scope and objectives of these legal frameworks; the second is to identify their deficiencies and the third is to make appropriate recommendations to improve the existing legal frameworks. The methodology adopted in this research paper entails two research methods: literature review and comparative legal analysis. article full text 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z