The first copyright act in India was passed in 1914. It was a replica of the English copyright act of 1911. The act, presently in use was legislated in the year 1957 and is known as copyright act of 1957 and was amended with the copyright act of 1999.It adopted many principles and provision contained in the U.K. act of 1956.
It protects the skill and labor employed by the author in production of his work. It is protection in form and not in idea i.e. it is based upon the right of an author, artist or composer to prevent another person from copying his original work, whether it is a book, tune or a picture which he created himself.
E.g.: A person may have a brilliant idea for a story or for a picture, but if he communicates that idea to an artistic or play writer then the production which is the result of the communication of the idea, is the copyright of the person who has clothed the idea in a form (whether by means of picture or play) and the owner of the idea has no rights in that product since there is no copyright on idea or information, it is no infringement of copyright to adopt the ideas of another or to publish information derived from another provided there is no copying of the language in which those ideas have or that information has been previously embodied.
[...] Publication of a record or a video film which does not display the particulars required is made and offense punishable with imprisonment and fine Infringement and copyright has been made an economic offence under the Economic Offences (Inapplicability of limitation) Act 1974 The Copyright (Amendment) Act 1984 came into force with effect from 8th October 1984 Copyright (Amendment) Act 1994 The Copyright (Amendment) Act 1994 has effected many major amendments in the Copyright Act 1957 .The main charges effected are : 1. [...]
[...] When the case was taken to the court, it was proved that there was infringement of copyright as Dr Dre copied the song “Kaliyon ka chaman” without any adaptation nor any license/permission from owner into his song “Addictive” Based on this evidence the court ruled the decision in favour of Bappi Lahiri and thereby stopping the further sale of the album and compensation in the form of monetary benefits. REMEDIES AGAINST INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT There are three kinds of remedies against infringement of copyright. [...]
[...] Explanation: - In this section the reference to the author shall, in the case of a work of joint authorship, be constructed as a reference to the author who dies last Copyrighting anonymous and pseudonymous works In the case of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work (other than a photograph), which is published anonymous or pseudonymously, copyright shall subsist until sixty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the work is first published: Provided that where the identity of the author is disclosed before the expiry of the said period, copyright shall subsist until sixty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the author dies references to the author shall in the case of an anonymous work of joint authorship, be constructed- Where the identity of author is disclosed as reference to that author; Where the identity of more authors than one is disclosed, as reference to the author who dies last from amongst such authors reference to author shall, in the case of a pseudonymous work of joint authorship, be constructed- Where the name of one or more (but not all) of the authors are pseudonymous or his and their identity is not disclosed, as reference to the author whose name is not a pseudonym or if the name of two or more of the authors are not pseudonyms, as reference to such of those authors who dies last; Where the name of one or more (but not all) of the authors are pseudonyms the identity is not disclosed, as reference to the author who dies last from amongst the authors whose names are not pseudonyms and are disclosed; and Where the name of all the authors is pseudonyms the identity of one of them is disclosed, as reference to the author whose identity is disclosed, as references to such of those authors who die last. [...]
[...] The Copyright Amendment Act The Copyright Amendment Act and the amendments that have been made are intended to streamline the law relating to copyright of computer software which prior to the Act of 1999 was merely included in the definition of "literary work". The amendments brought by the Act of 1999 first define "computer" to include any electronic or similar device having information processing capabilities. It defines "computer program" as a set of instructions expressed in words codes, schemes or in any other form, including a machine-readable medium, capable of causing a computer to perform a particular task or achieve a particular result. [...]
[...] the production which is the result of the communication of the idea, is the copyright of the person who has clothed the idea in a form (whether by means of picture or play) and the owner of the idea has no rights in that product since there is no copyright on idea or information, it is no infringement of copyright to adopt the ideas of another or to publish information derived from another provided there is no copying of the language in which those ideas have or that information has been previously embodied. [...]
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