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Copyright Law in India:

What are the Rights of copyright owner?

Rights of copyright owner Section. 14, Copyright means the exclusive right subject to the provisions of the Act, to do or authorise the doing of any of the following acts in respect of a work or any substantial part thereof, namely:

(a) Literary, dramatic or musical work, not being a computer programme-

(1) to reproduce the work in any material form including the storing of it in any medium by electronic means;
(2) to issue copies of the work to the public not being copies already in circulation;
(3) to perform the work in public, or communicate it to the public;
(4) to make any cinematograph film or sound recording in respect of the work;
(5) to make any translation of the work;
(6) to make any adaptation of the work;
(7) to do in relation to a translation or adaptation of the work, any of
the acts specified in relation to the work in sub-clauses (1) to (6).

(b) Computer programm

(1) to do any of the acts specified in clause (a);
(2) to sell or give on commercial rental, or offer for sale or hire for commercial rental any copy of the computer programme:

Provided that such commercial rental does not apply in respect of computer programmes Where the programme itself is not the essential object of the rental.

(c) Artistic Work

(1) to reproduce the work in any material form including depiction in three dimensions of a two dimensional work or in two dimensions of a three dimensional work;
(2) to communicate the work to the public;
(3) to issue copies of the work to the public not being copies already in circulation;
(4) to include the work in any cinematograph film;
(5) to make any adaptation of the work;
(6) to do in relation to an adaptation of the work any of the acts specified in relation to the work in sub-cls. (1) to (4).

(d) Cinematograph film:

(1) to make a copy of the film, including a photograph of any image forming part thereof;
(2) to sell or give on hire, offer for sale or hire, any copy of the film, regardless of whether such copy has been sold or given on hire on earlier occasions;
(3) to communicate the film to the public.

(e) Sound recording:

(1) to make any other sound recording embodying it;
(2) to sell or give on hire or offer for sale or hire, any copy of the sound recording regardless of whether such copy has been sold or given on hire on earlier occasions;
(3) to communicate the sound recording to the public.

Copy already in circulation:
(1) A copy of any work which has been sold is deemed to be a copy already in circulation.
(2) Any reference to sub-section.(1) to the doing of any act in relation to a work or a translation or an adaptation thereof shall include a reference to the doing of that act in relation to a substantial part thereof.

What are the Moral Rights Conferred by Copyright Registration?

U.K. law Under the present Copyright, Design and Patents Act of 1988 the moral rights are dealt with in Section 77 to 89 of that Act. These provisions include, apart from the paternity right, the intergrity right and the false attribution right, the right to privacy in respect of photographs and films which a person has commissioned for private and domestic purposes (the privacy right). Sections 77 to 89 deal elaborately with the various aspects of these rights including their enforcement remedies and exceptions.

Publishing contract with the author may often include a clause restricting the author’s right to write another book in competition with the one included in the contract. Since there is no copyright in ideas the author can Write another book based on the same ideas contained in the first book but without copying substantially from the first book.

Does Copyright Registration Confer Performing artists’ rights?

An artist who performs a dramatic or musical work obtain no ‘right’ in relation to his performance except that which arises from the contract with the entrepreneur under which he performs. There is no copyright in the performance as such, although of course the owner of the copyright in the lyrics and music can restrain unauthorised publications of the performance.

The Copyright (Amendment) Act 1994 confers on performers certain special rights to protect their rights in performances.

Present law in the U.K.
Prior to 1988 in U.K. a performer could protect his right in his performance to a limited extent under the Performer’s Protection Act and under certain general principles of law." This has now been changed.

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, provide certain rights for performers in their performances. See ss. 180 to 212 (Part II Rights in performances) of the Act. These are similar to the corresponding rights under the present Indian law.

What are the Statutory limitations on copyright?

Copyright is subject to other provisions of the Act. These include the conditions for subsistence of copyright (s. 13) and exceptions to the exclusiveness provided under section. 52, which enables other persons to exercise the rights comprised in a copyright for specified purposes under specified circumstances without infringement. The latter are referred to as acts not constituting infringement, and are dealt with under the Chapter on Infringement of Copyright. Besides under certain circumstances a third person can obtain compulsory licence to reproduce a copyright work.

Is a copyright in India recognized worldwide?

Copyright in India is recognized virtually worldwide under the Berne Convention and the applicable law of its member nations.
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Registration and filing of Copyrights in India:
Copyright, is a bundle of rights, which grants protection to the unique expression of ideas. Ideas per se cannot be protected; it is the expression of ideas in a material medium that is the subject matter of copyright protection. Copyright is a negative right and the owner of a copyright gets the right to prevent others from copying his work without his consent towards a commercial end. However, at the same time it gives to the author an exclusive right for the commercial exploitation of his work.

The Rights protected by Copyright Law:
Copyright law seeks to promote human creativity and confers several rights on the copyright owner. International agreements, among which the most important is the Berne Convention, 1886.

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