Copyright act upsc

The salient features of the Copyright Act, 1957 are herein mentioned below:

The concept of copyright in India is governed by the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, as modified from time to time, and the Indian Copyright Rules, 1958 (Rules).
Copyright law as its name suggests is the simple law that suggests if you create something you own it and only you get to decide what happens next with it.

It is a law passed in the US and is among the world’s first laws recognising Intellectual Property (IP) on the internet.

Literary works, theatrical works, musical works, creative works, cinematographic films, and sound recordings all have copyright protection under Section 13 of the Copyright Act of 1957.
For instance, the Act protects literary works such as: