9. Without prejudice to the provisions of section 8, a Central Public Information Officer or a State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, may reject a request for information where such a request for providing access would involve an infringement of copyright subsisting in a person other than the State.
Right to Information Act, 2005
Section 9: Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases
Chapter II — Right to Information and Obligations of Public Authorities
Source: official text of the Right to Information Act, 2005.