________________ S. 30) COPYRIGHT ACT, 1959 (c) where the names of all the authors are pseudonyms and the identity of one of them is disclosed, as references to the authors whose identity is disclosed or if the identity of two or more of such authors is disclosed, as references to such of those authors who dies last. Explanation.---- For the purposes of this section, the identity of an author shall be deemed to have been disclosed, if either the identity of the author is disclosed publicly by both the author and the publisher or is otherwise established to the satisfaction of the Copyright Board by that author. 24. Term of copyright in posthumous works.--(1) In the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work or an engraving, in which copyright subsists at the date of the death of the author or, in the case of any such work of joint authorship, at or immediately before the date of the death of the author who dies last, but which, or any adaptation of which, has not been published before that date, copyright shall subsist until fifty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the work is first published or, where an adaptation of the work is published in any earlier year, from the beginning of the calendar year next following that year. (2) For the purposes of this section a literary, dramatic or musical work or an adapatation of any such work shall be deemed to have been published, if it has been performed in public or if any records made in respect of the work have been sold to the public or have been offered for sale to the public. 25. Term of copyright in photographs.In the case of a photograph,copyright shall subsist until fifty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the photograph is published. 26. Term of copyright in cinematograph films. In the case of a cinematograph film, copyright shall subsist until fifty years from the beginning of the calendar year. next following the year in which the film is published. 27. Term of copyright in records.--In the case of a record, copyright shall subsist until fifty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the record is published. 28. Term of copyright in Government works.-In the case of a Government work, where Government is the first owner of the copyright therein, copyright shall subsist until fifty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in wh.ch the work is first published. 29. Term of copyright in works of international organization. In the case of a work of an international organization to which the provisions of Sec. 41 apply, copyright shall subsist until fifty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the work is first published. CHAPTER VI Licences 30. Licences by owners of scopyright. -The owner of the copyright in any existing work or the prospective owner of the copyright in any future work may grant any interest in the right by licence in writing signed by him or by his duty authorized agent : Provided that in the case of a licence relating to copyright in any future work, the licence shall take effect only when the work comes into existence. Explanation.--Where a person to whom a licence relating to copyright in any future work is granted under this section dies before the work comes into existence, his legal representatives shall, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in the licence, be entitled to the benefit of the licence.
