Understanding Copyright Law

The primary purpose of copyright protection is to safeguard the rights of authors and encourage creativity.

The work must be original and involve an expression of thought; ideas themselves are not protected.

'Original work' refers to a creation that is independently produced and not copied from another source.

<p>The author is the person who created the literary or dramatic work.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Joint authorship involves a work produced collaboratively where contributions from each author are indistinct from one another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Examples of copyright-protected works include novels and musical compositions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Copyright protection encourages creativity, which is crucial for progress in economic and social development.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Artistic work' refers to creations such as paintings, sculptures, photographs, and architectural works.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They need to seek permission from the copyright owner unless the work can be reproduced as permitted under the Copyright Act.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Copyright allows its owners to exploit their work while preventing others from exploiting it without permission.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An adaptation is a work that covers similar content as the original but may change in format.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A derivation is based on the original work but incorporates an original contribution and differs from it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A transformation is a completely new work that is based on raw data from the original work and doesn't infringe copyright.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Creating adaptations or derivations without a license from the original copyright owner would result in copyright infringement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A performer includes actors, singers, musicians, dancers, and anyone making a live visual or acoustic presentation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Copyright protection applies if the mathematical formulations contain pictorial or graphical features that can be identified separately from their utilitarian aspects, making the idea and expression inseparable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Performer's rights protect the interests and compensation of those who create live performances, encouraging creativity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Copyright protection for recipes extends if they include explanations or illustrations, not just a list of ingredients.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The term of copyright under the Berne Convention is the lifetime of the author plus 50 years after their death.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In India, copyright subsists for 60 years after the beginning of the calendar year following the author's death.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The term of copyright for anonymous or pseudonymous works is 60 years from the beginning of the calendar year following the year in which the work is first published.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>If the identity of the author of a posthumous work is disclosed before the expiry of the protection period, copyright exists for 60 years from the year the work is first published.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Copyright for cinematographic films lasts for 60 years from the beginning of the calendar year following the year in which the film is published.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>For joint authorship, the term of copyright is calculated from the death of the last surviving author, lasting until 60 years after that point.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A performer has the right to make sound or visual recordings, reproduce these recordings, broadcast the performance, and communicate it to the public.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A performer's rights last for 25 years.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Broadcast' refers to communication to the public via wireless diffusion of signs, sounds, or visual images.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A broadcaster has the rights to re-broadcast, make recordings of the broadcast, and sell or hire these recordings to the public.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sound recording is any recording of sounds from which sounds may be produced, regardless of the medium or method used.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Moral rights refer to the author's right to claim authorship and protect their work's integrity, independent of economic rights.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A cinematographic film is a work of visual recording produced through processes yielding moving images, often accompanied by a sound recording.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Books and poems are two examples of literary works protected by copyright.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A broadcaster's rights last for 25 years from the beginning of the calendar year following the broadcast.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Copyright infringement is the unauthorized use of works that are protected by copyright laws.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Literary works are intended to be read, while dramatic works involve performance based on a text, such as plays or dances.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No, moral rights cannot be transferred and remain with the author even after copyright assignment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Copyright protects the expression of an idea, not the idea itself.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Copyright does not protect facts because it only safeguards the expression, selection, or arrangement of those facts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cartoons, paintings, and sculptures are examples of artistic works protected by copyright.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Copyright does not protect useful articles themselves, as it focuses on expressive work rather than functionality.</p> Signup and view all the answers