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Copyright law of India
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Copyright law
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The Copyright Act 1957 (as amended by the
Copyright Amendment Act 2012) governs the subject
of copyright law in India. The Act is applicable
from 21 January 1958. The history of copyright
law in India can be traced back to its colonial
era under the British Empire. The Copyright Act
1957 was the first post-independence copyright
legislation in India and the law has been amended
six times since 1957.
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Applicable Copyright Act before 1958
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Prior to 21 January 1958, The Indian Copyright
Act, 1914, was applicable in India and still
applicable for works created prior to 21 January
1958, when the new Act came into force2 (the
Copyright Act of 1911 passed by the Parliament of
the United Kingdom as modified in its application
to India by the Indian Copyright Act,
1914).72 According to this Act, the period of
copyright for photographs was 50 years from the
time it was first published. 
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Definition of copyright
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Copyright is a bundle of rights given by the law
to the creators of literary, dramatic, musical
and artistic works and the producers of
cinematograph films and sound recordings.9 The
rights provided under Copyright law include the
rights of reproduction of the work, communication
of the work to the public, adaptation of the work
and translation of the work.9 The scope and
duration of protection provided under copyright
law varies with the nature of the protected work.
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Ownership of copyright under the Copyright Act
1957
The author of a work is generally considered as
the first owner of the copyright under the
Copyright Act 1957.15 However, for works made
in the course of an author's employment under a
"contract of service" or apprenticeship, the
employer is considered as the first owner of
copyright, in the absence of any agreement to the
contrary.16 The concept of joint authorship is
recognised in Section. 2(z) of the Act which
provides that "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" is a work of joint authorship. This
concept has been elucidated in cases like Najma
Heptulla v. Orient Longman Ltd. and Ors.
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