Answered: Your Most Burning Questions About Copyright Act 1957.
Copyright is basically the individual right of an author to dispose of his/her work in return for remuneration. According to Christopher Scarles, " subject to certain exception, it is ownership of and right of control over all possible ways of reproducing a work". Copyright is a form of intellectual property protection provided by the laws of Indian authors of original works of authorship such as literary works including dramatic, musical, artistic and certain other creative works. Copyright is an exclusive right of the copyright holder. Its main objective is to encourage the authors, music composers, singers to create their original piece of work by granting them exclusive rights. Copyright helpful for the government in levying and collecting royalty and pay the same to the copyright holder. A copyright holder can prevent others from copying, performing or otherwise using the work without his or her consent. The Copyright Act 1957, this act is applicable fro...