Copyright Act 1957

SR No.: 269633
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Total Pages: 29
Language: English
Classification: Article
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COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 [S. 52 (r) the production or publication of a translation in any Indian language of an Act of a Legislature and of any rules or orders made thereunder (i) if no translation of such Act or rules or orders in that language has previously been produced or published by the Government ; or (ii) where translation of such Act or rules or orders in that language has been produced or published by the Government, if the translation is not available for sale to the public : Provided that such translation contains a statement at a prominent place to the effect that the translation has not been authorized or accepted as authentic by the Government ; (s) the making or publishing of a painting, drawing, engraving or photograph of an architectural work of art ; (t) the making or publishing of a painting, drawing, engraving, or photograph of a sculpture, or other artistic work falling under subclause (iii) of Cl. (c) of Sec. 2, if such work is permanently situate in a public place or any premises to which the public has access ; (u) the inclusion in a cinematograph film of (i) any artistic work permanently situate in a public place or any premises to which the public has access ; or (ii) any other artistic work, if such inclusion is only by way of background or is otherwise incidental to the principal matters represented in the film ; (y) the use by author of an artistic work, where the author of such work is not the owner of the copyright therein, ,,of any mould, cast, sketch, plan, model or study made by him for the purpose of the work ; Provided that he does not thereby repeat or imitate the main design of the work ; (w) the making of an object of any description in three dimensions, of an artistic work in two dimensions, if the object would not appear, to persons who are not experts in relation to objects of that description, to be a reproduction of the artistic work; (x) the reconstruction of a building or structure in accordance with the architectural drawings or plans by reference to which the building or structure was originally constructed : Provided that the original construction was made with the consent or licence of the owner of the copyright in such drawings and plans : G in relation to a literary, dramatic or musical work recorded or reOrduced in any cinematograph film, the exhibition of such film after the expiration of the term of copyright therein : Provided that the provisions of sub-clause (ii) of Cl. (a), sub-clause G F CI. (b) and cl. (d), Cls. (f), (g), (m) and (P), shall not apply as resdects apy act unless that act is accompanied by an acknowledgment (i) identifying the work by its title or other description ; and (ii) unless the work is anonymous or the author of the work has previously agreed or required that no acknowledgment of his name should be made, also identifying the author. The provisions of sub-section (1) shall apply to the doing of any act in relation to the translation of a literary, dramatic or musical work or the adaptation of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work as they apply in relation to the work itself.