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    The Copyright Act of 1957 defines copyright as the exclusive legal right given to creators such as authors, musicians, and artists to control the use of their original works. The objectives of the act are to encourage creation by granting exclusive rights to creators and protecting copyright holders from misuse of their work. Copyright is an intangible property right that provides both civil and criminal remedies for infringement. Works such as literature, music, art, films, sound recordings and photographs can be protected. Copyright typically lasts for 60 years after the creator's death or date of publication for certain works such as films and sound recordings. Registration with the copyright office is not required but provides records of copyrighted works.

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    The Copyright Act of 1957 defines copyright as the exclusive legal right given to creators such as authors, musicians, and artists to control the use of their original works. The objectives of the act are to encourage creation by granting exclusive rights to creators and protecting copyright holders from misuse of their work. Copyright is an intangible property right that provides both civil and criminal remedies for infringement. Works such as literature, music, art, films, sound recordings and photographs can be protected. Copyright typically lasts for 60 years after the creator's death or date of publication for certain works such as films and sound recordings. Registration with the copyright office is not required but provides records of copyrighted works.

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    THE COPYRIGHT ACT,1957

    Table of contents

     Meaning of copyright
     Objectives of copyright act
     Nature of copyright
     What can be protected
     Term of copyright
     Registration of copyright
     Conclusion
    Meaning of Copyright

    The word copyright is derived from the expression copier of words first
    used in the context, according to oxford dictionary in 1586.

    Copyright as defined in the oxford English dictionary is an exclusive


    right given by law for a certain term of years to an author, composer etc.
    to print, publish and sell copies of his original work.
    Objectives of Copyright Act

     Its main objective is to encourage the authors, music composers


    ,singers to create their original piece of works by granting them
    exclusive rights.
     To stop the misuse of copyrights
     Its helps in protecting the rights of the person who holds the
    copyright.
     The copyright holder is give both the civil remedies and the criminal
    remedies in case of infringement
    Nature of copyright

     It creates Right in Rem.


     Its a form of Incorporeal property.
     Infringement of copyright is a actionable wrong
     Copyright is both a positive and a negative right.
    What can be Protected

     literary or dramatic work


     a musical work
     an artistic work
     a cinematograph film
     a sound recording
     a photograph
     a computer generated work
    Term of copyright
    The general rule is that copyright lasts for 60 years. It is counted-
    •Literary
    •Dramatic
    •Musical
    •Artistic work
    From the death of the author
    •Cinematograph films
    •Sound recordings
    •Photographs
    From the date of publication
    Registration of Copyright

     The Registration of copy right is not compulsory

     Register of copyrights:

    Its is the book maintained by the copyright office which maintains the
    records of the
    a.The description of the works .
    b.The names of the author, publishers or owners of copyrights.
    c.The address of the author, publishers, owners of the copy rights .
    d. other prescribed particulars
    Conclusion

    In this conclusion rapidly changing technological environment,


    copyright protection is being extended to many years of creative work
    particularly in the computer industry. Computer software piracy and
    video piracy is world wide phenomenon. Further certain special right
    have been introduced for the first time for benefit of perform like
    musicians, actors and so on.

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