Delhi court to examine Amazon's intermediary status in Kindle case

The Delhi High Court refused to drop Amazon as a defendant in a copyright suit over Vasundhara Prakash's book "Fragments: You and I". The court said Amazon's role in converting the book to Kindle format requires evidence at trial.

• Amazon claims intermediary status and safe harbor under Section 79 of the IT Act
• The Kindle edition was live for 12 days in 2018, earning royalties of about 6 rupees 17 paise
• Delhi HC restored Amazon as a party in 2020, overturning the trial court's decision
• Justice Bhambhani: the "direct infringer" finding is not conclusive evidence