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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Copyright Act, 1957 Section 55

Civil remedies for infringement of copyright.—

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Copyright Act, 1957 Section 55 is part of Copyright Act, 1957 - Civil remedies for infringement of copyright.—. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1) Where copyright in any work has been infringed, the owner of the copyright shall, except as otherwise provided by this Act, be entitled to all such remedies by way of injunction, damages, accounts and otherwise as are or may be conferred by law for the infringement of a right: Provided that if the defendant proves that at the date of the infringement he was not aware and had no reasonable ground for believing that copyright subsisted in the work, the plaintiff shall not be entitled to any remedy other than an injunction in respect of the infringement and a decree for the whole or part of the profits made by the defendant by the sale of the infringing copies as the court may in the Section 1 - circumstances deem reasonable

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