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COPYRIGHTS

Copyright is an exclusive right that protects original works of authorship; covering both unpublished and published works including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic works, cinematographed film and sound recordings. It gives the copyright holder the right to reproduce, license, to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work. It also means that one can display the copyrighted work publicly or perform the copyrighted work publicly. In the case of works made for hire, the employer and not the employee is considered to be the author i.e. a situation where a graphic designer is employed to prepare and design products for a company and he/she does this work within the scope of their employment, the copyright over the graphical illustrations or designs would be the company’s property.
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Copyright is a bunch of rights given to its owner and include right to licence, publish, communicate, reproduce, adapt or translate a work. These rights are given to creators of literary, dramatic, musical, artistic works, cinematorgraphs movies and sound recordings. A software is also considered a copyrightable work.

Features:-

Creation of Copyright Board: Copyright Office and a Copyright Board was created to make registration process of Copyright easy and to address the related to copyright and compulsory licensing of Copyright.
Definition of Work: It defines clearly various categories of work in which copyright can subsist and the scope of the rights. A work means any artistic, dramatic, musical, artistic work or cinematographic film or sound recording.
Authorship & Ownership: According to the Act the author/creator is the first owner of the work. In case of musical work the composer is the author or creator ,in case of cinematograph film the producer is the author /owner whereas in case of Government work normally the concerned Government body is the author.
Term: The general term of Copyright is 60 years. Term of copyright for musical, dramatic and artistic works, except for photograph is sixty years from the year in which the author died.
Assignment & Compulsory Licensing: The copyright owner can transfer his/her rights to another person in return of some fixed royalty. The owner can transfer the all the rights or some of the rights to the Assignee (The person whom the rights will be transferred. The owner can license his rights to another person as well. It is known as Compulsory Licensing. It helps in curbing misuse of rights by the owner.
Formation of Copyright Societies: Copyright Society is a registered administrative body that looks after the management and protection of copyrights.
Broadcast reproduction rights: The Act gives special rights, to a broadcast organization, known as “Broadcast reproduction Rights”. It is given for 25 years.
Performers’ rights: It gives protection to the performers. The right is given for fifty years.
International Copyright: According to this provision a foreigner is entitled to enjoy copyright for his work in India.
Infringement Defined: When a person , without permission from the owner tries to use the rights related to the work, it is known as infringement. e.g. A person making copies of a Book without license.
Exception : If a person uses the work for research ,analysis or for educational purpose, he does not require any permission from the author.
Remedies against infringement: Civil and criminal remedies are available against against infringement.