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Copyright Act, 1957 Chapter IX

Title: International Copyright

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....in like manner as if the author was a citizen of India at that dale or time, and thereupon, subject to the provisions of this Chapter and of this order, this Act shall apply accordingly: Provided that-- (i) before making an order under this section in respect of any foreign country (other than a country with which India has entered into a treaty or which is a party to a convention relating to copyright to which India is also a party), the Central Government shall be satisfied that foreign country has made, or has undertaken to make, such provisions if any, as it appears to the Central Government expedient to require for the protection in that country of works entitled to copyright under the provisions of this Act; (ii) the order may provide that provisions of this Act shall apply either generally or in relation to such classes of works or such classes of cases as may be specified in the order; (iii) the order may provide that the term of copyright in India shall not exceed that conferred by the law of the country to which the order relates; (iv) the order may provide that the enjoyment of the rights conferred by this Act shall be subject to the accomplishment of such.....

Copyright Act, 1957 Section 40

Title: Power to Extend Copyright to Foreign Works

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....in like manner as if the author was a citizen of India at that dale or time, and thereupon, subject to the provisions of this Chapter and of this order, this Act shall apply accordingly: Provided that-- (i) before making an order under this section in respect of any foreign country (other than a country with which India has entered into a treaty or which is a party to a convention relating to copyright to which India is also a party), the Central Government shall be satisfied that foreign country has made, or has undertaken to make, such provisions if any, as it appears to the Central Government expedient to require for the protection in that country of works entitled to copyright under the provisions of this Act; (ii) the order may provide that provisions of this Act shall apply either generally or in relation to such classes of works or such classes of cases as may be specified in the order; (iii) the order may provide that the term of copyright in India shall not exceed that conferred by the law of the country to which the order relates; (iv) the order may provide that the enjoyment of the rights conferred by this Act shall be subject to the accomplishment of such.....

Copyright Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 [Act No. 14 of Year 1957, dated 4th. June, 1957] An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to copyright Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: - CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Copyright Act, 1957. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 02: INTERPRETATION In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "adaptation" means,- (i) in relation to a dramatic work, the conversion of the work into a non-dramatic work; (ii) in relation to a literary work or an artistic work, the conversion of the work into a dramatic work by way of performance in public or otherwise; (iii) in relation to a literary or dramatic work, any abridgement of the work or any version of the work in which the story or action is conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures in a form suitable for reproduction in a book, or in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical; 2[* * *] (iv) in.....

Copyright Act, 1957 Complete Act

Title: Copyright Act, 1957

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....- Meaning of Copyright Section15 - Special provision regarding copyright in designs registered or capable of being registered under the Designs Act, 1911 Section16 - No copyright except as provided in this Act Chapter IV Section17 - First owner of copyright Section18 - Assignment of copyright Section19 - Mode of assignment Section19A - Disputes with respect to assignment of copyright Section20 - Transmission of copyright in manuscript by testamentary disposition Section21 - Right of author to relinquish copyright Chapter V Section22 - Term of copyright in published literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works Section23 - Term of copyright in anonymous and pseudonymous works Section24 - Term of copyright in posthumous work Section25 - Term of copyright in photographs Section26 - Term of copyright in cinematograph films Section27 - Term of copyright in sound recording Section28 - Term of copyright in Government works Section28A - Term of copyright in works of public undertakings Section29 - Term of copyright in works of international organisations Chapter VI Section30 - Licences by owners of copyright Section30A - Application of sections 19 and 19A .....

Copyright Act, 1957 Chapter V

Title: Term of Copyright

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....disclosed, if either the identity of the author is disclosed publicly byboth the author and the publisher or is otherwise established to thesatisfaction of the Copyright Board by that author. ______________________ 1.Substitutedby Act 13 of 1992, sec. 2, for "fifty years" w.r.e.f. 28-12-1991. Section 24 - Term of copyright in posthumous work (1) In the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work or an engraving, in which copyright subsists at the date of the death of the author, or in the case of any such work of joint authorship, at or immediately before the date of the death of the author who dies last, but which, or any adaptation of which, has not been published before that date, copyright shall subsist until1[sixty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the work is first published or, where an adaptation of the work is published in any earlier year, from the beginning of the calendar year next following that year. (2) For the purposes of this section a literary, dramatic or musical work or an adaptation of any such work shall be deemed to have been published, if it has been performed in public or if any 1[sound.....

Copyright Act, 1957 Section 41

Title: Provisions as to Works of Certain International Organisations

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....copyright in the work throughout India. (2) Any organisation to which this section applies which at the material time had not the legal capacity of a body corporate shall have and be deemed at all material times to have had the legal capacity of a body corporate for the purpose of holding, dealing with, and enforcing copyright and in connection with all legal proceedings relating to copyright. (3) The organisations to which this section applies are such organisations as the Central Government may, by order 1published in the Official Gazette, declare to be organisations of which one or more sovereign powers or the Government or Governments thereof are members to which it is expedient that this section shall apply. _____________________ 1. For Copyright (International Organisation) Order, 1958, see Gazette of India, Pt. II, sec. 3, p. 183.

Copyright Act, 1957 Chapter IV

Title: Ownership of Copyright and the Rights of the Owner

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....on terms mutually agreedupon by the parties. (4) Where the assignce does notexercise the right assigned to him under any of the other sub-sections of thissection within period of one year from the date of assignment, the assignmentin respect of such rights shall be deemed to have lapsed after the expiry ofthe said period unless otherwise specified in the assignment. (5) If the period of assignmentis not stated, it shall be deemed to be five years from the dale of assignment. (6) If the territorial extent ofassignment of the rights is not specified, it shall be presumed to extendwithin India. (7) Nothing in sub-section (2)or sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) or sub-section (5) or sub-section (6)shall be applicable to assignments made before the coming into force of theCopyright (Amendment) Act, 1994.]] ______________________ 1.Section 19 re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereofby Act 23 of 1983, sec. 9 w.e.f. 9-8-1984. 2. Sub-section (2) Inserted by Act23 of 1983, sec. 9 w.e.f. 9-8-1984. 3.Substitutedby Act 38 of 1994, sec. 8, for sub-section (2) w.e.f. 10-9-1995. Section 19A - Disputes with respect to assignment of copyright 1 [19A.Disputes with.....

Copyright Act, 1957 Section 17

Title: First Owner of Copyright

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....owner of the copyright therein; 1[(dd) in the case of a work made or first published by or under the direction or control of any public undertaking, such public undertaking shall, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary, be the first owner of the copyright therein; Explanation.--For the purposes of this clause and section 28A, "public undertaking" means-- (i) an undertaking owned or controlled by Government; or (ii) a Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956); or (iii) a body corporate established by or under any Central, Provincial or State Act;] (e) in the case of a work to which the provisions of section 41 apply, the international organisation concerned shall be the first owner of the copyright therein. ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 23 of 1983, sec. 8 w.e.f. 9-8-1984.

Copyright Act, 1957 Section 29

Title: Term of Copyright in Works of International Organisations

State: Central

Year: 1957

Inthe case of a work of any international organisation to which the provisions ofsection 41 apply, copyright shall subsist until 1 [sixtyyears] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in whichthe work is first published. ______________________ 1.Substituted by Act13 of 1992, sec. 2, for "fifty years" w.r.e.f. 28-12-1991.

Copyright Act, 1957 Chapter XI

Title: Infringement of Copyright

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....theprovisions of sub-clause (ii) of clause (a), sub-clause (i) of clause (b) andclauses (d), (f), (g), (m), and (p) shall not apply asrespecis any act unlessthat act is accompanied by an acknowledgement- (i) identifying the work by itstitle or other description; and (ii) unless the work isanonymous or the author of the work has previously agreed or required that noacknowledgement of his name should be made, also identifying the author; 13 [(z) themaking of an ephemeral recording, by a broadcasting organisation using its ownfacilities for its own broadcast by a broadcasting organisation of a work whichit has the right to broadcast; and the retention of such recording for achivalpurposes on the ground of its exceptional documentary character; (za) the performance of aliterary, dramatic or musical work or the communication to the public of suchwork or of a sound recording in the course of any bona fide religious ceremonyor an official ceremony held by the Central Government or the State Governmentor any local authority. Explanation.--For the purpose ofthis clause, religious ceremony including a marriage procession and othersocial festivities associated with a marriage.] .....