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Contains all Enforced Central and State Acts linked with Subordinate Data like Rules,Regulations,Notifications,Orders,Circulars,Ordinances,Statutes.

Exceptions Fair Dealing Landmark case laws R.G. Anand v. M/S. Delux Films and Others (1978) Facts Issues Judgment Super Cassettes Industries Ltd. v. Music Broadcast Pvt. Ltd. (2012) Facts Issue Judgment Tips Industries Ltd. v. Wynk Ltd. and Anr. (2019) Facts Issue Judgment Sanjeev Pillai v. Vennu Kunnapalli (2019) Facts Issue Judgment Lacunae ...

Works in which copyright subsists. Meaning of copyright. Special provision regarding copyright in designs registered or capable of being registered under the Indian Patents and Designs Act, 1911. No copyright except as provided in this Act.

THE COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 (14 OF 1957) CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV

3. Meaning of publication. — For the purposes of this Act, “publication” means making a work available to the public by issue of copies or by communicating the work to the public.

[14 of 1957] An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to copyright Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 2. Interpretation. 3. Meaning of publication. 4. When work not deemed to be published or performed in public. 5. When work deemed to be first published in India. 6. Certain disputes to be decided by Appellate Board. 7. Nationality of author where the making of unpublished work is extended over considerable period. 8. Domicile of ...

The 1914 Act was replaced by the Copyright Act of 1957, which came into effect on January 21, 1958. The 1957 Act has been amended multiple times, with significant changes made in 1983, 1992, 1994, 1999, and most recently in 2012.

THE COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 ACT NO. 14 OF 19571 [4th June, 1957.] An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to copyright. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY

The British Copyright Act, of 1911 was expanded into the Copyright Act, of 1914, which controlled copyright protection prior to the Copyright Act, of 1957. The Act underwent amendments in 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, and 1999.

THE COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 ACT NO. 14 OF 1957 AN ACT TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE ACT TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE LAW RELATING TO COPYR IGHT. [4th June, 1957.] BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year f the Republic of India as follows:- HA PRELIMINARY CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Sh rt title, extent and commencement. 1. (1)Short

The term copyright has been defined in the act, under Section 14, which states that copyright refers to exclusive rights to perform or “authorize” the performance of an act related to a particular work or any “substantial part” of the work.

COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957: EXPLORING SUBJECT MATTER, ECONOMIC, AND MORAL RIGHTS Published by Admin on September 23, 2023

3. Meaning of publication For the purposes of this Act publication means making a work available to the public by issue of copies or by communicating the work to the public.

Section 2 (o) of the Act gives an inclusive definition of literary work. The copyright exists in the original literary work. It covers the following works –books, question papers, law reports, headnote, business letters, research theses and dissertations, directories, catalogues, computer database stored on tape or by other electronic means etc.

8[(ff) “communication to the public” means making any work available for being seen or heard or otherwise enjoyed by the public directly or by any means of display or diffusion other than by issuing copies of such work regardless of whether any member of the public actually sees, hears or otherwise enjoys the work so made available.

The Act also defines works in which copyright subsists, such as original artistic, literary, musical, dramatic work, cinematographic films and sound recording. It also includes designs that are registered under the Designs Act, 2000 and do not have any copyright.

The owner of a copyright has exclusive rights to adapt, reproduce, publish, translate, and communicate the work to the public. The act has undergone several revisions since it was first passed in 1958.

5. For the purposes of this Act, a work published in India shall When work be deemed to be first published in India, notwithstanding that it has ~:~~:tdp~b been published simultaneously in some other country, unless such lish~d in other country provides a shorter term of copyright for such work; Indta. and a work shall be deemed to be published simultaneously in India and in anotlher country ...