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Subject:
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS (21RMI56)
By
Dr. Pavitra Bai S
For
V Sem
Department of Information Science & Engineering
Aca. Year: ODD SEM /2023-24
 Module 4

Copyrights and Related Rights: Classes of Copyrights. Criteria for Copyright. Ownership of Copyright.
Copyrights of the Author. Copyright Infringements. Copyright Infringement is a Criminal Offence. Copyright
Infringement is a Cognizable Offence. Fair Use Doctrine. Copyrights and Internet. Non-Copyright Work.
Copyright Registration. Judicial Powers of the Registrar of Copyrights. Fee Structure. Copyright Symbol.
Validity of Copyright. Copyright Profile of India. Copyright and the word ‘Publish’. Transfer of Copyrights to a
Publisher. Copyrights and the Word ‘Adaptation’. Copyrights and the Word ‘Indian Work’. Joint Authorship.
Copyright Society. Copyright Board. Copyright Enforcement Advisory Council (CEAC). International
Copyright Agreements, Conventions and Treaties. Interesting Copyrights Cases.

Dr.Pavitra Bai S, Dept. of ISE, SJBIT

 2.2 Copyrights and Related Rights
 Copyrights‘ refer to the legal rights provided by law to the original
creator of the work in the fields of literature and computer
software.
 The Related Rights‘ encompass the author‘s work in the fields of
dramatics, sound recording, film/video recordings, paintings,
architecture, etc.
 Copyrights and Related Rights are one of the categories of IP and
governed by the Copyright Act, 1957 of India.
 This Act provides rights of reproduction, communication to the
masses, adaptation and translation of the work.

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 2.2.1. Classes of Copyrights
 In India, following classes of Copyrights exist:
 Literature: Books, Essays, Research articles, Oral speeches, Lectures,
Compilations, Computer programme, Software, Databases.
 Dramatics: Screenplays, Dramas.
 Sound Recordings: Recording of sounds regardless of the medium on
which such recording is made e.g. a Phonogram and a CD-ROM.
 Artistic: Drawing, Painting, Logo, Map, Chart, Photographs, Work of
Architecture, Engravings, and Craftsmanship.
 Musical: Musical notations, excluding any words or any action intended
to be sung, spoken or performed with the music. A musical work need
not be written down to enjoy Copyright protection.
 Cinematograph Films: ‗Cinematograph Film‘ is a visual recording
performed by any medium, formed through a process
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 2.2.2. Criteria for Copyright

 To qualify for Copyright protection, a work must exist in some

physical (or tangible) form.
 The duration of the existence of the physical form may vary from
a very short period to many years.
 Virtually any form of expression which can be viewed or listened
to is eligible to qualify as Copyright. Even hurriedly scribbled
notes for an impromptu speech are considered copyrightable
material.

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 2.2.3. Ownership of Copyright
 The person who created the work is considered as the first
(original) holder (owner) of the Copyright.
 In case the author is an employee and has been contracted to do
the work by a proprietor (of the company/firm/society
/organization, etc.), the owner of the Copyright shall be the
proprietor.
 The government will be the primary owner of the government
work in the absence of any kind of arrangement.
 The person delivering a speech is the first owner of the Copyright.

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 Economic Rights
 Economic Rights are associated with financial benefits
accruing from the sale of copyrights. As per the Act,
Copyright owners can authorize or prohibit:
 Reproduction of the work in any form, including printed
publications or sound recordings.
 Distribution of copies of the work.
 Public performance of the work.
 Broadcasting/communicating the work to the public.
Translating the work into other languages.
 Adaptation of the work, such as converting a novel into a
screenplay.

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 2.2.5. Copyright Infringements

 As per the Copyrights Acts, 1957, the following acts are regarded as
an infringement of Copyrights:
 Making copies for sale or hire or selling or letting them for hire
without permission.
 Permitting any place for the performance of owned work (in public)
where such performance constitutes an infringement of Copyright.
 Distributing infringing copies for trade or to such an extent to affect
the interest of the owner of the Copyright prejudicially.
 Public exhibition of infringing copies for trade purposes.
 Importation of infringing copies.
 Translating a work without the permission of the owner.

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 2.2.6. Liability of Owner of an
Auditorium/Hall
 The owner of an auditorium/hall is liable for punishment if he
knowingly allows his premises to be used for communication of
illegal copyright material (songs, music, dramas, etc.) to the
public.
 If a person permits for profit any place to be used for
communicating the work to the public, where such
communication establishes an infringement of the Copyright
unless he was not aware of and had no reasonable ground for
believing that such communication to the public would be an
infringement of Copyright, he will be deemed to have
committed an offence under the Copyright Act.

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 2.2.7. Copyright Infringement is a
Criminal Offence
 According to Section 63 of the Copyright Act, 1957, if any person
knowingly infringes the Copyright, he qualifies for the criminal
offence.
 The punishment awarded for the infringement (of Copyright) is
imprisonment for six months with the minimum fine of
 50,000/-. In case of a second and subsequent conviction, the
minimum punishment is imprisonment for one year and a fine of
 1,00,000. There is a dedicated IP division to deal with Copyright
cases. Also, there is a Copyright Board constituted by the Central
Government in 1958 to adjudicate certain claims about
Copyright.

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 2.2.8. Copyright Infringement is a
Cognizable Offence
 A police officer (rank of a sub-inspector or higher) can
confiscate the infringed Copyright material without issuing a
warrant and produce the same in the court of law.

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 2.2.9. Fair Use Doctrine
 The character of the use - use of the work is purely
educational, non-profit and personal.
 Nature of the work - The use of work is factual in nature and
not imaginative.
 Amount of the portion to be used - permission is not needed
if only a small portion of Copyright protected material is to be
used. However, this parameter is debatable now.
 Impact of use on the value of the Copyrighted material –
If a small portion of the work is copied and is not affecting the
author‘s economic and moral rights, it will be excused from the
infringement.

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 2.2.10. Copyrights and Internet

 The twenty-first century is an era of digitization. The

Copyrighted data is quickly transmitted via the internet.
 This method of data transmission has brought amendments to the
existing Copyright laws.
 One should be careful of Copyright/fair use principles when
downloading material from the internet.
 There is growing concern about the ability to pull Copyrighted
material from the internet without permission.
 Note that material may have been placed on the internet without
the author‘s permission.

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 2.2.11. Non-Copyright Work
 The works not under the jurisdiction of Copyrights are as follows:
 The ideas, concepts, and principles themselves cannot be protected
under Copyright, only the form in which they are expressed can be
copyrighted.
 Facts, such as scientific or historical discoveries, are not copyright
protected. Any fact a person discovers in the course of research cannot
be Copyright protected. For example, an author of a book on
Buddhism‘ takes ten-fifteen years to gather all the necessary materials
and information for his work. At a great expense, the author travels to
various museums, libraries and excavations sites. However, after the
book is published, anyone is free to use the underlying facts, provided
they express the information on their own.
 Copyright does not protect titles, names, slogans, short phrases, short
word combinations, methods, or factual information.

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 2.2.12. Copyright Registration

 It is not necessary to register a work to claim Copyright. Once a work is

created via any medium, the work receives automatic Copyright safety. In
other words, there is no formal request to be submitted to the office of
the Copyright, for acquiring Copyright.
 Copyright registration does not confer any rights. It is merely a prima facie
proof of an entry in respect of the work in the Copyright register
maintained by the Registrar of Copyrights.
 The certificate of registration serves as prima facie evidence in a court in
cases of disputes relating to ownership or creation of Copyright, financial
matters, transfer of rights, etc. It is advisable that the author of the work
registers for Copyright for better legal protection. In India, Copyrights
matters, including Copyright registration, are administered under the
Copyright Act, 1957 and Copyrights Rule, 2013. Below mentioned are
prominent forms for copyright registration (https://copyright.gov.in/).

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Dr.Pavitra Bai S, Dept. of ISE, SJBIT
 2.2.13. Judicial Powers of the Registrar
of Copyrights
 The Registrar of Copyrights has the powers of a civil court when trying
a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure in respect of the following
matters:
 Summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining
him on oath.
 Requiring the discovery and production of any document.
 Receiving evidence on affidavit.
 Issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents.
 Requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or
office.
 Any other matters which may be prescribed.

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 2.2.15. Copyright Symbol

 It is not necessary to place the Copyright symbol © with your name and ‗year
created‘ near your published or printed materials - but if you do, it‘s easier to nail
someone for infringement on your Copyright if you go to court. The important things
which may be mentioned as a Copyright mark on Copyright creation are:
 The Copyright symbol © (the letter C in a circle), or the word. ‗Copyright‘, or the
abbreviation ‗Copr.‘
 In the case of compilations or derivative works incorporating previously published
material, the year with the date of the first publication of the compilation or
derivative work should be mentioned. The year date may be omitted for pictorial,
graphic, sculptural work, greeting cards, postcards, stationery, jewellery, dolls and
toys.
 The name or the abbreviation by which the name can be recognized of the owner of
the Copyright, or a generally known alternative designation of the owner can be
mentioned.
 The elements for sound recordings generally require the same three elements, except
the symbol is ℗ (the letter P in a circle) instead.

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 2.2.16. Validity of Copyright

 In general, the validity of Copyright is for 60 years.

 This period starts either from the year after the death of the
author (in case of literature, dramatic, musical and artistic
works) or from the date of publication of the work (in case of
cinematograph films, sound recordings, photographs,
posthumous publications, works of government and works of
international organisations).

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 2.2.17. Copyright Profile of India

 A comparative five years (2015-20) study revealed a gradual

increase in the number Copyright applications in the first four years
of the study, with a maximum number of applications (21,905)
recorded in the 2019-20 period (Fig. 2.7).
 The number of applications examined was maximum (34,388) in
2017-18.
 However, it tapered down to 22,658 in 2018-19 and 19,460 in
2019- 20.
 A similar trend was observed in the number of Copyright
registrations, with a peak (19,997) observed in 2017-18.

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Dr.Pavitra Bai S, Dept. of ISE, SJBIT
 2.2.18. Copyright and the word
‘Publish’
 A work is considered published when it is in the public domain
on an unrestricted basis. For example, a person writes an article
called Life in Himalayas‘ and distributes it to a few individuals
and/or societies/organizations with a restriction not to disclose
the contents of the article.
 Life in Himalayas‘ has not been published‖ in the Copyright
sense. If the author removes the condition of nondisclosure or
posts of this article on the internet (i.e. public domain), it would
be considered as published. It is to be noted that both published
and unpublished works can be registered under Copyright.

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 2.2.19. Transfer of Copyrights to a
Publisher
 The original authors of the Copyrighted work may not have the wherewithal to widely
publicise their work. Usually, they transfer their rights to publishers for financial
benefits, which could be a
 one-time lump sum amount or royalties or a combination of the two. However,
transferring Copyrights unconditionally to the publishers (or anybody else) may have
some repercussions for the owner of the Copyright.
 A publisher may prevent author/s from displaying their articles on the institute‘s
websites.
 The new owner of Copyright may not even allow the author to revise his work.
 In other instances, a publisher might print an insufficient number of hard copies and
also does not show interest in uploading the soft copy of the work on the internet.
Hence, one must be careful in signing an agreement with the publishers. The author
may not transfer all the legal rights bestowed upon him as an author. An agreement may
be signed permitting only the print and sale of hard copies by the publishers while
retaining digital rights for the said work.
 An author may also put a time limit for the printing and sale of the books/articles, etc.

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 2.2.20. Copyrights and the Word
‘Adaptation’
 In the world of Copyright, the word Adaptation‘ signifies the
creation of a similar work based upon contemporary work.
 The Copyright Act defines the following actions as adaptations:
a) Transformation of a dramatic work into a non-dramatic work.
b) Changing a literary or artistic work into a drama.
c) Re-arrangement of a literary or dramatic work.
d) Depiction through pictures of a literary or dramatic work.
e) The making of a cinematograph film of a literary or dramatic or
musical work.

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 2.2.21. Copyrights and the Word
‘Indian Work’
Indian work‘ means a literary, dramatic or musical work provided
 The author of the work is an Indian citizen.
 The work is first published in India.
 In the case of an unpublished work, at the time of the making of
the work, the author of the work was a citizen of India.

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 2.2.22. Joint Authorship

 ‘Work of Joint Authorship‘ means a work produced by the

collaboration of two or more authors in which the contribution of
one author is not distinct from the contribution of the other author
or authors.

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 2.2.23. Copyright Society
 Keep track of all the rights and infringements related to their
clients. Issue licences in respect of the rights administered by the
society.
 Collect fees in pursuance of such licences.
 Distribute such fees among owners of Copyright after making
deductions for the administrative expenses.

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 2.2.24. Copyright Board
The Copyright Board is a regulatory body constituted by the government,
to perform judicial functions as per the Copyright Act of India. The Board
comprises of a Chairman and members (2-14) to arbitrate on Copyright
cases. The Chairman of the Board is of the level of a judge of a High Court.
As per the Act, the Board has the power to:
 Hear appeals against the orders of the Registrar of Copyrights.
 Hear applications for rectification of entries in the Register of
Copyrights.
 Adjudicate upon disputes on the assignment of Copyrights.
 Grant compulsory licences to publish or republish works (in certain
circumstances).
 Grant compulsory licence to produce and publish a translation of a
literary or dramatic work in any language after seven years from the first
publication of the work.

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 2.2.25. Copyright Enforcement
Advisory Council (CEAC)
 In 1991, the Government set up a CEAC to review the progress
of enforcement of the Copyright Act periodically and advise the
Government regarding measures for improving the enforcement
of the Act.
 The term of the CEAC is three years.
 The CEAC is reconstituted periodically after the expiry of the
term.

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 2.2.26. International Copyright
Agreements, Conventions and
 Any creative work is not Treaties
protected and enforced automatically
worldwide because Copyright laws are territorial by nature i.e. Laws
are valid only in the country in which they have been created.
 To secure protection to Indian works in foreign countries, the author
needs to apply separately to each country or through dedicated
international ‗Conventions on Copyright and Neighbouring (related)
Rights‘, provided a country is a member of such Conventions.
 India is a member of the following Conventions:
 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works,
1886. (https://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/berne/).
 Universal Copyright Convention, 1952.
(http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/creativity/creati
ve-industries/copyright/universal-copyright-convention/).
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 2.2.27. Interesting Copyrights Cases

 David vs. Macaques, Indonesia, 2011 - In 2011, a UK-based

photographer David Slater put his camera on a tripod in the
wildlife sanctuary to click the photograph of Macaques monkeys.
The Macaques were very curious about the equipment and they
found the flashlight fascinating. One monkey clicked a selfie
photograph which became very famous and legally controversial
on the matter of Copyright.
 Theoretically, the monkey is the holder of Copyright as he clicked
the photo.
 Practically, David Slater was the claimant of the Copyright. The
dispute entered judicial quarters between People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals (PETA) and David Slater. Now, the
settlement has been concluded.

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 References/Bibliography

 Intellectual Property A Primer for Academia by Prof. Rupinder

Tewari Ms. Mamta Bhardwa

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