Updated on January 11, 2025 12:11:48 PM
Copyright Registration is an important component to protect a unique work of a creator. This main purpose is to establish a distinct identity of work from others who have in the same field. Obtaining the Copyright registration certificate is a legal procedure that helps to verify the originality of the creation. The main advantages of copyright registration are to provide legal security and long-term protection.
In this article, we discuss the copyright and the advantages of Copyright Registration that helps you to get a better understanding of this topic.
Copyright is an intellectual property law that helps to prevent the originality of a creator’s creation. Through the Indian Copyright Act, of 1957 an individual or business can secure their invention by Copyright Registration. It represents by the symbol © that denotes the work is original and secured by the law.
By Registering the work as copyrighted, the author can get several commercial and moral benefits. It grants protection against copies of the work for a particular period of time, but it doesn't prohibit someone from using an idea of the information that is contained in a copyrighted work.
The following are the main seven types of work that can be protected through Copyright registration:
An author, the original owner, or an authorised agent may apply for copyright registration. The originality of any work, including a song, book, painting, diagram, structure of a building, play, article, or other piece of writing, can be protected by copyright registration. It acts as proof of ownership and provides several benefits in the event of infringement.
There are many benefits of Copyright Registration some of these given below:
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Copyright is an essential tool to prevent any creation that provides several legal protection. Through Copyright Registration, the owner gets so many advantages such as licencing & royalties, long-term protection, enhance commercial value and many more. Copyright Registration in India covers broad categories of creation or work such as literary work, sound recording, cinematography films, photography, artistic work, computer-generated work and musical work. The duration of the creation's Copyright is for the lifetime of the owner and 60 years plus from his/her death.
Copyright is an intellectual property law that helps to prevent the originality of a creator’s creation.
There are many benefits of Copyright Registration such as Public records, Lawsuits for infringement, commercial value, licencing and Royalties.
The fees of Copyright Registration can be ₹500 to ₹40,000 in accordance with the nature of the work and creation.
Copyright Registration can be applied by an author, original owner or an authorised agent.
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