Copyright means that the right to copy an original work is with the author or owner of the work. In case, an original work is copied without the authority or assignment by the owner or author of the work, then the same is held to be an infringement of copyright of the author or the owner. In this case, Copyright Protection is needed for the purposes of securing your original work.

Although, a copyright exists with the author from the date of its publication till 60 years from the date of death of the author, however, it is advised to get the copyright in a work registered with the Registrar of Copyrights for Copyright Protection of your work.

Copyright Protection is required in the following works:

1. Literary
2. Dramatic
3. Musical
4. Artistic
5. Cinematograph/Video Films
6. Sound Recording

Benefits of the Registration of Copyright:

• By registering the copyright work, an author or owner of the work protects himself and the work from getting copied.
• Grant licence to a third person for copying or using the work for profit and getting royalty/licence fee from the work.
• In case of an infringement of the copyright, the owner or author of the work need not establish that he is owner or author of the work which has been copied in the suit before the civil court. He/she can directly file a Civil Suit for,

1. 1. 1. Injunction from further unauthorised publication of the work, and
      2. Recovery of Damages caused due to such unauthorised copying of the original work.

Section 45 of the Copyright Act provides that an author or owner of a work may make an application in the prescribed form accompanied by prescribed fee to the Registrar of Copyrights for registration of the work and entering the particulars of the work in the Register of Copyrights maintained at the Copyright Office.

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