If One person has copied lot of portion from a Novel of a rewnowned write of UK in India in thesis for Ph.d work and got the degree based on it but has not seek the permission from the publisher/writer then can this be a infringement of the rights of the publisher.Can the publisher sue the Ph.d degree holder on this ground.Only in the bibliography it has been mentioned of the book extract.
How to proceed.
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