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Home Dictionary Name: dramatic workDramatic work
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 does not include a cinematograph film. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (h)]...
Copyright
Copyright, an incorporeal right, being the exclusive privilege of printing, reprinting, selling, and publishing is own original work which the statute law first gave to an author in 1709, by 8 Anne, c. 19, for the term of fourteen years. Whether the right exited at Common Law is a long-vexed and still undetermined question. See Jeffries v. Boosey, (1854) 4 HLC 815. There is no copyright in an illegal or immoral publication, Southey v. Sherwood, (1817) 2 Mer 435; Stockdale v. Onwhyn, (1826) 5 B&C 173.The law of copyright now depends mainly on the (English) Copyright Act,1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 46) (July 1, 1912), and 'no person shall be entitled to copyright or any similar right in any literary dramatic, musical, or artistic work, whether published or unpublished, otherwise than under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or of any other statutory enactment for the time being in force' (s. 31).By sub-s. 2 of s. 1 of this Act 'copyright' is thus defined:--For the purposes of ...
Adaptation
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)]...
Author
Author. This word has not been defined by statute, though the Copyright Act, 1911, says [s. 24 (2)], that for the purposes of that section the word shall include the personal representatives of a deceased author. A translator of a literary work is the 'author' of his translation, Byrne v. Statist Co., (1914) 1 KB 622. As to who is the 'author' of the report of a speech, see Walter v. Lane, 1900 AC 539. The agreement between an author and his publisher is a personal one and is not assignable, Griffith v. Tower Publishing Co., (1897) 1 Ch 21. See Nisbet & Co. v. Golf Agency, (1907) 23 TLR 370, and Evans v. Hulton & Co., (1924) 121 LT 534.Means-(i) in relation to a literary or dramatic work, the author of the work; (ii) in relation to a musical work, the composer; (iii) in relation to an artistic work other than a photograph, the artist; (iv) in relation to a photograph, the person taking the photograph; (v) in relation to a cinematograph film or sound recording, the producer; and (vi) in...
copyright
copyright : a person's exclusive right to reproduce, publish, or sell his or her original work of authorship (as a literary, musical, dramatic, artistic, or architectural work) see also common-law copyright, fair use at use, infringe intellectual property at property, international copyright, original, public domain compare patent, trademark NOTE: Copyrights are governed by the Copyright Act of 1976 contained in title 17 of the U.S. Code. The Act protects published or unpublished works that are fixed in a tangible medium of expression from which they can be perceived. The Act does not protect matters such as an idea, process, system, or discovery. Protection under the Act extends for the life of the creator of the work plus fifty years after his or her death. For works created before January 1, 1978, but not copyrighted or in the public domain, the copyright starts on January 1, 1978, and extends for the same period as for other works, but in any case will not expire before Decembe...
Work
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....
VerbarSingspiel
A dramatic work partly in dialogue and partly in song of a kind popular in Germany in the latter part of the 18th century It was often comic had modern characters and patterned its music on folk song with strictly subordinated accompaniment...
Publication
Publication, divulgation; proclamation; also 'the communication of defamatory words to some person or persons other than the person defamed' (Odgers on Libel).The publication of fair reports of legal proceedings in Court (other than ex parte proceedings) is a Common Law right exempt from proceedings for libel.As to the publication of an apology for libel in a newspaper, see LIBEL.Is essential in an action of defamation that the publication be to a third person, though the law is otherwise in Scotland. Thus, there can be no publication as between husband and wife, Wennhak v. Morgan, (1888) 20 QBD 635; but publication can be made to either husband or wife respecting the other, Jones v. Williams, (1888) 1 TLR 572. The third party to whom the matter is published may be in the position of a servant or clerk, Edmondson v. Birch & Co., (1907) 1 KB 371, but see Osborn v. Boulter & Son, (1930) 2 KB 226; but must be able to understand the defamatory character of the matter, Sadgrove v. Hole, (19...
Odeon
A kind of theater in ancient Greece smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public and contended for prizes hence in modern usage the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances...
Infringing copy
Infringing copy, 'infringing copy' means,--(i) in relation to a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, a reproduction thereof otherwise than in the form of a cinematographic film;(ii) in relation to a cinematographic film, a copy of the film made on any medium by any means;(iii) in relation to a sound recording, any other recording embodying the same sound recording, made by any means;(iv) in relation to a programme or performance in which such a broadcast reproduction right or a performer's right subsists under the provisions of this Act, the sound recording or a cinematographic film of such programme or performance,if such reproduction, copy or sound recording is made or imported in contravention of the provisions of this Act. [Copy right Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2(m)]...
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