INTRODUCTION

TO COPYRIGHT
AGENDA
Meaning
Rights of Copyright Holder
​Copyright Covers
Procedure
​Form
Case Law
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MEANING
Copyright is the 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.

Under the Indian Copyright Act, the term copyright refers to the exclusive right
given to the creator or owner of an original work to use, reproduce, distribute,
perform, or display the work or to create derivative works based on the original
work.The Act provides protection for a variety of works, including literary, dramatic,
musical, artistic, and cinematographic works, as well as sound recordings and
broadcasts.

RIGHTS OF COPYRIGHT HOLDER
MORAL RIGHT
• This enables the holder of the right to
publish or not, when and in what form to
publish and also refrain others from
distorting his work, image or honour.
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ECONOMIC RIGHT
This enables the copyright holder to have
monetary benefits and thus permits:
• To reproduce the work in any material
form and store it in any medium
• To issue copies of the work to public
• To perform or communicate its work in
public
• To make any film or sound recordings
• To make any translation of the work
• To make any adaption of the work
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RIGHTS OF COPYRIGHT HOLDER

RIGHT OF ASSIGNMENT GRANTS LICENSE

• Like in case of other intellectual rights, the • The holder can also grant license to others
copyright holder can assign his rights with regard to copyright
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COPYRIGHT COVERS

• ORIGINAL LITERARY WORK • ORIGINAL ARTISTIC WORK

• ORIGINAL DRAMATIC WORK • CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS
• ORIGINAL MUSICAL WORK • SOUND RECORDING
PROCEDURE FOR
REGISTRATION
• Filling: Application to be made in Form IV along with
the requisite fee to the Office of Copyright, Delhi. The
Registrar issues a filling number filing date and filing
receipt.The applicant shall have to wait 30 days during
which anyone having objection can fill their objection.
If any objection is filled the Registrar within 30 days
should hear the parties and decide whether registration
could be granted or not.
• Examination: If not objection is filed, the registrar
shall examine the application and any further
information required shall be filed within 30 days .
• Registration: The registrar shall issue the copyright
registration certificate.

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COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION
COST -DETAILED STRUCTURE

• For the permission of reprinting a literary, theatrical, musical or artistic work = 5000
• For a licence to broadcast any material to the general audience = 40000
• To obtain a republishing license for a theatrical trailer film = 15000
• For a republishing licence for a sound recording = 10000
• To obtain a permit to do any work with the public = 5000
• For permission to release or disseminate the work or translations to public = 2000
• For permission to release any material in any medium that to disabled people = 2000
• Extracting information from the Copyrights register = 500
• For a copyrights state registration in a recording equipment = 2000
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CASE LAW
1. Sajeev Pillai vs Venu kunnapalli
Date – 11th December 2019
Conclusion – In deciding the issue, the Court noted that the first sub-section of

section 57(1) provides the author to restrain third parties. The second sub-section
provides the author the entitlement to claim damages by such a third party for any
distortion, mutilation, or their modifications to his work or any other action that
would be prejudicial to his honor or reputation. This provided the appellant of the
work would not exhaust the legal right to claim authorship over it.
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CASE LAW
2. YRF vs Sri Sai Ganesh Productions
Date – 8th July 2019
Conclusion – The court found that the defendants had blatantly copied
the plaintiff’s film’s fundamental, essential, and distinctive
features.
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