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Copyright

Copyright is a form of intellectual property protection granted
under
the Indian Copyright Act 1957, to the creators of original works of
authorship such as literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain
other intellectual works The copyright vests in original work in
whatever form it may be and in India it is not mandatory but useful in
courts where civil and/or criminal proceedings can be taken to protect
it.

What are the rights available through
copyright protection?

Copyright owners
have the exclusive rights to do or authorize the doing of any of the
following in respect of a work:

to reproduce
the work in any material form including the storing of it in any medium
by electronic meansto issue
copies of the work to the public not being copies already in publicationto perform
the work in public, or communicate it to the publicto make any
translation or adaptation of the workto sell or
give on hire, or offer for sale or hire a copy (in case of a computer
programme), regardless of whether such copy has been sold or given on
hire on earlier occasions.
Copyright confers a
number of rights, some or all of which can be granted to others either
exclusively or non-exclusively.