Copyright Registration

C opyright is an exclusive legal right granted to the creator of an original work which include, inter alia, rights to reproduce, communicate, issue copies of, perform the work in public, and make translation or adaptation of the work. A copyright subsists in a literary, artistic, musical, dramatic work, cinematograph films and sound recording.

It protects the expression of ideas and not the ideas themselves. In fact, it is a bundle of rights including, inter alia, rights of reproduction, communication to the public, adaptation and translation of the work. There could be slight variations in the composition of the rights depending on the work. Copyright ensures certain minimum safeguards of the rights of authors over their creations, thereby protecting and rewarding creativity. Creativity being the keystone of progress, no civilized society can afford to ignore the basic requirement of encouraging the same.

Economic and social development of a society is dependent on creativity. The protection provided by copyright to the efforts of writers, artists, designers, dramatists, musicians, architects and producers of sound recordings, cinematograph films and computer software, creates an atmosphere conducive to creativity, which induces them to create more and motivates others to create.

Copyright Registration is very important and therefore various provisions applicable on it so such Copyright Registration should be as per provisions of the act otherwise such Non Compliance of these provisions lead to hefty fine, Penalty.

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Scope of Copyright

1. Artistic work: a painting, a sculpture, a drawing (including a diagram, map, chart or plan), an engraving or a photograph, whether or not any such work possesses artistic quality;a work of architecture; and any other work of artistic craftsmanship
2. Musical Work: a work consisting of music or a recording of sounds regardless of the medium.A phonogram and a CD-ROM are sound recordings.
3. Cinematograph film: any work of visual recording on any medium and including any work produced by any process analogous to cinematography including video films.
4. Computer Programme
5. Books
6. Webiste

Author- A person whose rights are protected through Copyright.
1. Literary or dramatic – Creator of work
2. Music Work – Composer
3. Cinematograph Film, Sound Recording – Producer
4. Photograph – Photographer etc.

Validity of Copyright
Literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works enjoy protection for the life time of the author plus 60 years beyond i.e. 60 years after his death.
Copyright of posthumous, anonymous works, cinematograph films, sound recordings, works of Government, public undertakings and international organization, the term of protection is 60 years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in the work has been first published.

1. Exclusive rights –Copyright registration gives the creator the right to exclusive use of the product. Possibly the most important reason for registration of a copyright is the powerful remedies against unauthorized use.
2. Hypothecation / security- A registered copyright can be hypothecated as security, meaning that a registered copyright can be pledged as security to secure loan facilities much the same way as immovable property can be bonded.
3. Intangible property-A very important reason for registration is to create the copyright as an identifiable intangible property in the legal sense. Copyright registration is a value store or receptacle of the value attaching to the reputation or goodwill that the product enjoys.
4. Licensing- A registered copyright can be licensed.
5. Use in proceedings-A copyright registration is prima facie evidence of validity of the registration and the rights conveyed by registration.
6. Foreign territories – A registered mark can be used as a basis to obtain registration in some foreign countries, facilitating protection of the brand worldwide as the business expands.
7.Prevention of monetary loss: There are many advantages of copyright registration for the authors of original works. One of the biggest benefits of copyright protection is preventing losses arising from copies being made of the original work.
8.Prestige: Another advantage of copyright protection is that it gives the holder the prestige that a certain work belongs to him or her.

There are various type of copyrights so here Documentation list is for indicative purpose.

1. Name, address & nationality of the Applicant
2. Nature of the Applicant’s interest in the Copyright of the work
3. Class and description of the work, Title of the work & Language of the work
4. Name, address & Nationality of the Author and if the author is deceased, the date of decease
5. Whether the work is published or unpublished, Year and Country of first publication (Name, address and nationality of the publisher) etc

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