Copyright Act 1957

SR No.: 269633
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Total Pages: 29
Language: English
Classification: Article
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S. 14] COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 (5) In the case of an architectural work of art, copyright shall subsist only in the artistic character and design and shall not extend to processes or methods of construction. Comment Vesting of copyright in cinematograph film.-It is abundantly clear that a protectable copyright (comprising a bundle of exclusive rights mentioned in Sec. 14 (1) (c) of the Act] comes to vest in a cinematograph film on its completion which is said to take place when the visual portion and audible portion are synchronized.1 14. Meaning of copyright.-(1) For the purposes of this Act, copyright" means the exclusive right, by virtue of, and subject to the provisions of, this Act, (a) in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work, to do and authorize the doing of any of the following acts, namely : (i) to reproduce the work in any material form ;(ii) to publish the work ; (iii) to perform the work in public ; (iv) to produce, reproduce, perform or publish any translation of the work ; (v) to make any cinematograph film or a record in respect of the work ; (vi) to communicate the work by radio-diffusion or to communicate to the public by a loud-speaker or any other similar instrument 'the radio-diffusion of the work ; (vii) to make any adaptation of the work ; (viii) to do in relation to a translation or an adaptation of the work any of the acts specified in relation to the work in Cls. (i) to (vi); (6) in the case of an artistic work, to do or authorize the doing of any of the following acts, namely : (i) to reproduce the work in any material form ; (ii) to publish the work ; (iii) to include the work in any cinematograph film; (iv) to make any adaptation of the work ; (v) to do in relation to an adaptation of the work any of the acts specified in relation to the work in Cls. (i) to (iii); (c) in the case of a cinematograph film, to do or authorize the doing of any of the following acts, namely : (i) to make a copy of the film ; (ii) to cause the film, in so far as it consists of visual images, to be seen in public and, in so far as it consists of sounds, to be heard in public ; (iii) to make any record embodying the recording in any part of the sound track associated with the film by utilizing such sound track ; (iv) to communicate the film by radio-diffusion ; 1. India Performing Right Society Ltd. o, Eastern India Motion Picture Associotion, A. I. R. 1977 $. C. 1443 at p. 1451.