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Introduction To Copyright Act
Introduction To Copyright Act
Original literary,
Dramatic,
Musical work (consists of music and also
graphic notation of such works but excludes
any words or action intended to be sung,
spoken or performed with music)
Artistic works (painting, sculpture, drawing,
engraving, photograph, architecture or any
other work of artistic craftsmanship
(whether or not any such work poses artistic
work)
Cinematograph films (work of visual
recording on any medium produced
through a process from which a moving
image may be produced by any means and
includes a sound recording accompanying
such visual recording); and
Sound recordings (recording of sounds
from which sounds may be produced
regardless of the medium on which such
recording is made or the method by which
the sounds are produced).
PROTECTION UNDER
COPYRIGHT
INFRINGEMENT OF
COPYRIGHT
COPYRIGHT SOCIETY
A 'copyright society' is a registered collective
administration society for the management and
protection of copyright in works by authors and other
owners of such works. A copyright society can issue or
grant licences in respect of any work in which copyright
subsists or in respect of any other right given by the
Copyright Act, 1957 (Copyright Act).