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international copyright

international copyright : a copyright secured by international treaties ...


International Copyright

International Copyright. See (English) Copyright Act, 1911, s. 29; and COPYRIGHT....


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be entitled to copyright or any similar right in any literary dramatic, musical, or artistic work, whether published or unpublished, otherwise than under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or of any other statutory enactment for the time being in force' (s. 31).By sub-s. 2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 ...


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 The Act protects published or unpublished works that are fixed in a tangible medium of expression from which they can be perceived.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...


Registration of copyright

Registration of copyright. The Copyright Act, 1842, authorising in every case of copyright the registration of the title of the proprietor at Stationers' Hall, and providing that, without previous registration, no action should be commenced, was repealed by the Copyright Act, 1911, and no such registration is now necessary....


common-law copyright

common-law copyright : a copyright in common law protecting unpublished works NOTE: Works created after January 1, 1978, are protected by statutory rather than common-law copyright while unpublished. ...


Copyright society

Copyright society, means a society registered under sub-s. (3) of s. 33. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (ffd)]...


Dramatic copyright

Dramatic copyright. See COPYRIGHT....


International Commercial Arbitration

International Commercial Arbitration, the definition of 'international commercial arbitration' makes no distinction between international commercial arbitrations which take place in India or internalcommercial arbitrations which take place outside India, AIR 2002 SC 1432 (1439): (2002) 4 SCC 105. [Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s. 2(f)]International commercial arbitration means an arbitration relating to disputes arising out of legal relationships, whether contractual or not, con-sidered as commercial under the law in force in India and where at least one of the parties is-(i) an individual who is a national of, or habitually resident in, any country other than India; or(ii) a body corporate which is incorporated in any country other than India; or(iii) a company or an association or a body of individuals whose central management and control is exercised in any country other than India; or(iv) the Government of a foreign country. [Arbitra-tion Act, 1996 (26 of 1996), s. 2(1) (...


International Law

International Law. I. Public Law: The law of nations, strictly so called, was in a great measure unknown to antiquity, and is the slow growth of modern times, under the combined influence of Christianity, intercourse, commerce and war.II. Private Law (Conflict of Laws): It is plain that the laws of one country can have no intrinsic force, proprio vigore, except within the territorial limits and jurisdiction of that country. They can bind only its own subjects and others who are within its jurisdictional limits; and the latter only while they remain therein. No other nation, or its subjects, is bound to yield the slightest obedience to those laws. Whatever extra-territorial force they are to have is the result not of any original power to extend them abroad, but of that respect which, from motives of public policy, other nations are disposed to yield to them, giving them effect, as the phrase is, sub mutu' vicissitudinis obtentu, with a wise and liberal regard to common convenience and ...


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