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Copyright Act, 1957 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....of causing a computer to perform a particular task or achieve a particular result; (ffd) "copyright society" means a society registered under sub-section (3) of section 33;] (g) "delivery", in relation to a lecture, includes delivery by means of any mechanical instrument or by 9 [broadcast]; (h) "dramatic work" includes any piece of recitation, choreographic work or entertainment in dumb show, the scenic arrangement or acting, form of which is fixed in writing or otherwise but docs not include a cinematograph film; 10 [(hh) "duplicating equipment" means any mechanical contrivance or device used or intended to he used for making copies of any work;] (i) "engravings" include etchings, lithographs, wood-cuts, prints and other simi­lar works, not being photographs; (j) "exclusive licence" means a licence which confers on the licensee or on the licensee and persons authorised by him, to the exclusion of all other persons (including the owner of the copyright) any right comprised in the copyright in a work, and "exclusive licensee" shall be construed accordingly; (k) "Government work" means a work which is made or published by or under the direction or control of-- .....

Copyright Act, 1957 Section 2

Title: Interpretation

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....of causing a computer to perform a particular task or achieve a particular result; (ffd) "copyright society" means a society registered under sub-section (3) of section 33;] (g) "delivery", in relation to a lecture, includes delivery by means of any mechanical instrument or by 9 [broadcast]; (h) "dramatic work" includes any piece of recitation, choreographic work or entertainment in dumb show, the scenic arrangement or acting, form of which is fixed in writing or otherwise but docs not include a cinematograph film; 10 [(hh) "duplicating equipment" means any mechanical contrivance or device used or intended to he used for making copies of any work;] (i) "engravings" include etchings, lithographs, wood-cuts, prints and other simi­lar works, not being photographs; (j) "exclusive licence" means a licence which confers on the licensee or on the licensee and persons authorised by him, to the exclusion of all other persons (including the owner of the copyright) any right comprised in the copyright in a work, and "exclusive licensee" shall be construed accordingly; (k) "Government work" means a work which is made or published by or under the direction or control of-- .....

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.....