IMPORTANCE OF COPYRIGHT IN INDIA

Ashish singh, IPR-1, DSMNRU, 2017

Dr. SHAKUNTALA MISRA NATIONAL REHABILITATION UNIVERSITY

LUCKNOW

SYNOPSIS ON

IMPORTANCE OF COPYRIGHT IN INDIA

(UNDER THE SUPERVISION Of SHAIL SHAKYA SIR )

AN ASSIGNMENT FOR IPR

SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY

Shail shakya sir Ashish singh

Assistant Professor, B.COM LL.B 5 TH SEM.

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a) Title of the Internship: The title of the assignment Importance of copyright in india this topic
talks about the importance of copyright in india.

b) Hypothesis: The term copyright is not defined under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957
(hereinafter referred to as Copyright Act). The general connotation of the term copyright
refers to the right to copy which is available only to the author or the creator, as the case
may be. Thus, any other person who copies the original work would be amount to infringement
under the Copyright Act. Copyright ensures certain minimum safeguards of the rights of
authors over their creations. Creativity being the keystone of progress, no civilized society can
afford to ignore the basic requirement of encouraging the same. Economic and social
development of a society is dependent on creativity. The protection provided by copyright to
the efforts of writers, artists, designers, dramatists, musicians, architects and producers of
sound recordings, cinematograph films and computer software, creates an atmosphere
conducive to creativity, which induces them to create more and motivates others to create.

c) Research Problem: Copyright may be acquired for almost all the visible things like script,
photo, book, essay, films, videos, architecture etc and also intangible things such as music.
The most important criteria to determine whether the said article is copyrightable or not, is
based on its originality. Also copyright can be only for things that are worth copying and not
otherwise. For example, a baby scribing in a pad cannot be copyrighted.

d) Research Methodology: the research methodology used in this assignment is empirical.. The
study is based on available literature extracted from different databases. This is a qualitative
study intended to understand the issues related to the importance of copyright in india

e) Research Questions:

1) what is copyright and its scope in India?

2) What are subject matter for a copyright in India?
3) What are the punishment for infringement of copyright in India?
4) What is the procedure to obtain a copyright in India?
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CONTENT

SR. NO. TOPIC

1. INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC:

What is copy right?
Role of copyright?
Definition of copyright? Objective of copyright

2.
Importance of copyright.

Indian point of view

Cases

Need of copyright

Assignment and Licensing of Copyright

3. CONCLUSION
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4. REFERENCES

LITERATURE REVIEW

Introduction- The scope of intellectual property is expanding very fast and attempts are being
made by persons who create new creative ideas to seek protection under the umbrella of intellectual
property rights. Copyright is a kind of intellectual property the importance of which has increased
enormously in recent times due to the rapid technological development in the field of printing,
music, communication, and entertainment and computer industries. 1

MEANING OF COPYRIGHT

The word copyright is derived from the expression copier of words first used in the context,

according to Oxford Dictionary, in 1586.

Word copy according to Blacks Law Dictionary means transcript, imitation, reproduction of an

original writing, painting, instrument or the like

Copy right according to Blacks Law Dictionary is the right in literary property as recognized

and sanctioned by positive law. An intangible incorporeal right granted to the author or originator of

1
Intellectual Property Law, P Narayanan, Chapter 29, Pg251. 2
Section 14 of the Copyright Act,1957
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certain literary or artistic production whereby he is invested for a specific period with the sole and

exclusive privilege of multiplying copies of the same and publishing and selling them.

Copyright as defined in the Oxford English Dictionary is an exclusive right given by law for a

certain term of years to an author, composer etc., (or his assignee) to print, publish and sell copies of

his original work.2

OBJECTIVE
The object of copyright law is to encourage, authors, composers, artists and designers to create

original works by rewarding them with the exclusive right for a specified period to reproduce the

works for publishing and selling them to public. It is thus the exclusive right for a limited period to

exploit the work for monetary gain. The economic exploitation is done by licensing such exclusive

right to entrepreneurs like publishers, film producers etc., for a monetary consideration.
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CASES

EASTERN BOOK COMPANY AND OTHERS v. D.B. MODAK AND ANOTHER

Civil Appeals No. 6472 of 2004 with No. 6905 of 2004

DEEPAK PRINTERS V. FORWARD STATIONARY MART
(1986) PTC 186, 17 Guj. L.R

BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Narayanan.P,Intellectual Property Law,Eastern Law House,Third Edition,2007.

1. Priyaranjan Trivedi, Encyclopaedia of IPR, Volume III.

Online courses
http://14.139.60.114:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/666/5/Indian%20Co
pyright%20Law.pdf