Work, means any of the following works, namely:(i) a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work;(ii) a cinematograph film;(iii) a sound recording. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (y)]The general words 'work' is limited to something material in the sense of buildings, structures etc., mere fencing a vacant plot is not within the expression 'work', Kantaben M. Amin v. SpecialLand Acquisition Officer, Baroda, AIR 1990 SC 103. [Defence of India Act, 1962, s. 36(5)]1. Physical and mental exertion to attain an end, esp. as controlled by and for the benefit of employer2. To act; to perform either physically or mentally, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1599Work, meant a structure or apparatus of some kind; an architectural or engineering structure, a build-ing edifice, Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Kartar Singh Bhadana v. Hari Singh Nalwa, (2001) 4 SCC 661....
Communication to the public, for the purposes of this clause, communication through satellite or cable or any other means of simultaneous communication to more than one household or place of residence including residential rooms of any hotel or hostel shall be deemed to be communication to the public. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2(ff)]Means making any work available for being seen or heard or otherwise enjoyed by the public directly or by any means of display or diffusion other than by issuing copies of such work regardless of whether any member of the public actually sees, hears or otherwise enjoys the work so made available. [Copyright Act, 1957, s. 2 (ff)]...
Plate, of gold and silver. The duties were repealed by the (English) Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1890, s. 10. The hall-marking of foreign plate is prescribed by ss. 59, 60 of the (English) Customs Act, 1842, as amended by the Hall-marking of Foreign Plate Act, 1904 (4 Edw. 7, c. 6), which directs that foreign plate when brought to be assayed and stamped, as it has to be by revenue law, must be marked so as to distinguish it as foreign, and that every person bringing it to an assay office, unless it be in charge of a revenue officer, must state in writing whether it was bought in England, Scotland, or Ireland, or was imported from foreign parts. Watch-cases imported from foreign parts before 1st June, 1907, are exempted from assay by the Assay of Imported Watch-Cases (Existing Stocks Exemption) Act, 1907. As to the meaning of 'plate' in ss. 2, 6 of the Plate (Offences) Act, 1738, and other statutes, see Faberge v. Goldsmiths' Co., (1911) 1 Ch 286. Gold watches which are jewelled and...
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 in conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures is a form suitable for reproduction in a book, or a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical. (iv) in relation to a musical work, any arrangement or transcription of the work; and (v) in relation to any work, any use of such work involving its rearrangement or alteration. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2(a)]...
Artistic work, means-(i) a painting, a sculpture, a drawing (including a diagram, map, chart or plan), an engraving or a photograph, whether or not any such work possesses artistic quality; (ii) a work of architecture; and (iii) any other work of artistic craftsmanship. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (c)]...
Broadcast, means communication to the public--(i) by any means of wireless diffusion, whether in any one or more of the forms of signs, sounds or visual images; or (ii)by wire, and includes a re-broadcast. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (dd)]Means a transmission by wireless telegraphy of visual images, sounds or other information which is capable of being lawfully received by members of the general public, or is transmitted for presentation to members of the general public, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 6, 4th Edn., Para 203, p. 64.Means a transmission by wireless telegraphy of visual images, sounds or other information which is capable of being lawfully received by members of the public or is transmitted for presentation to members of the public and reference to broadcasting are to be construed accordingly, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 9(2), 4th Edn., Para 89, p. 74....
Engravings. See FINE ARTS.It includes etchings, lithographs, wood-cuts, prints and other similar works, not being photographs. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (i)]...
Government work, means a work which is made or published by or under the direction or control of--(i) the Government or any department of the Government;(ii) any Legislature in India;(iii) any court, tribunal or other judical authority of India. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), ss. 2(k)]...
Indian work, 'Indian work' means a literary, dra-matic or musical work,--(i) the author of which is a citizen of India; or(ii) which is first published in India; or(iii) the author of which, in the case of an un-published work, is, at the time of the making of the work, a citizen of India. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2(l)]...
Design, means only the features of shape, configuration, pattern, ornament or composition of lines or colours applied to any article whether in two dimensional or three dimensional or in both forms, by any industrial process or means, whether manual, mechanical or chemical, separate or combined, which in the finished article appeal to and are judged solely by the eye; but does not include any mode or principle of construction or anything which is in substance a mere mechanical device, and does not include any trade mark as defined in clause (v) of sub-s. (1) of s. 2 of the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 or property mark as defined in s. 479 of the Indian Penal Code or any artistic work as defined in clause (c) of s. 2 of the Copyright Act, 1957. [Designs Act, 2000 (16 of 2000), s. 2 (d)]Design in popular parlance is used as a synonym with plan and includes a sketch. Sometimes it has also been held to be synonymous with 'figure'. The expression 'design' has within its ambit many ...