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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Copyright Act, 1957 Section 23

Term of copyright in anonymous and pseudonymous works.—

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Copyright Act, 1957 Section 23 is part of Copyright Act, 1957 - Term of copyright in anonymous and pseudonymous works.—. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) In the case of literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work (other than a photograph), which is published anonymously or pseudonymously, copyright shall subsist until 7[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 7[sixty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year Section 1 - in which the author dies

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