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Literary work, includes computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer databases. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (o)]...
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...
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)]...
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....
Indian work
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)]...
Belles lettres
Polite or elegant literature the humanities used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant...
classics
the branch of learning concerned with study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome...
Donneacutee
Lit given hence in a literary work as a drama or tale that which is assumed as to characters situation etc as a basis for the plot or story...
Edition
A literary work edited and published as by a certain editor or in a certain manner as a good edition of Chaucer Chalmers edition of Shakespeare...
Emend
To purge of faults to make better to correct esp to make corrections in a literary work to alter for the better by textual criticism generally verbal...
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