Copyright is a legal protection granted to creators for their original works of authorship such as literary, musical, artistic, dramatic works, cinematographic films, software, sound recordings, and more.
It provides the creator exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, perform, display, and license their work, and to prevent others from doing so without permission.
Simple Registration Process
Copyright Registration of Creative work Protects your Creativity from being Stolen or Duplicated, and gives you a Confirmed Legal Right over your creation.
What is Copyright Registration?
A bundle of rights provided to an author of the work is copyright, it protects all musical, literary, dramatic, and artistic work, and also cinematographic films and sound recordings. It is always advisable to get a copyright registration to protect one’s original piece of creative work, copyright comes into existence as soon as work is created. Copyright law gives us a rights of reproduction and communication to the public, translation and adoption of work, includes both economic rights and the moral rights. The term of copyright is 60 years in general, as per the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, the term 60 years is calculated from the year following the death of an author of artistic, literary, dramatic, musical work. Its also calculated from the date of publication in cases of film cinematography, posthumous publications, photographs, anonymous and pseudonymous publications, sound recordings, works of government and works of international organizations.
Documents Required for Copyright Registration
Personal Details
- Name, Address & Nationality of the Applicant
For example: Maneesh Verma, 538k/1004, Shri Puram, Triveni Nagar III, Sitapur Road – 226020, INDIAN - Nature of the Applicant’s Interest in the Copyright
State whether the applicant is the author of the work or the representative of the author.
Nature of the Work
- Class & Description of the Work
Literary or artistic work, for example - Title of the Work
In case of a website, give the URL of the website - Language of the Work
Whether English or Hindi, or any combination of languages - If Published, the Date of Publication
Publication in internal magazines, like a company magazine or a research paper submitted to a professor does not count as publication.