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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Copyright Act, 1957 Section 54

Definition.—For the purposes of this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression “owner of

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Copyright Act, 1957 Section 54 is part of Copyright Act, 1957 - Definition.—For the purposes of this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression “owner of. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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(a) an exclusive licensee;

(b) in the case of an anonymous or pseudonymous literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, the publisher of the work, until the identity of the author or, in the case of an anonymous work of joint authorship, or a work of joint authorship published under names all of which are pseudonyms, the identity of any of the authors, is disclosed publicly by the author and the publisher or is otherwise establishment to the satisfaction of the 2[Appellate Board] by that author or his legal representatives.

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Section Section 54 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (Definition.—For the purposes of this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression “owner of) is reproduced on this page as part of the Copyright Act, 1957. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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