This highly acclaimed text on this subject has been thoroughly revised to reflect the changing nature of copyright. The author has focused the latest development of law in the wake of the Berne Convention, GATT and TRIPs and parried all possible problems with probable solutions. The topics of discussion include matters of copyright, joint authorship, piracy and infringement, criminal proceedings, copyright society, international conventions, industrial design and so on. All the changes due to the Copyright (Amendment) Act 212 and the Copyright Rules 213 (which repealed and replaced the Copyright Rules 1958) are embodied not only in the appropriate places of the text, but also in the Appendices to keep the readers abreast of the law.
Key Features:
- Ownership of copyright
- Joint authorship
- Piracy and infringement
- Criminal proceedings
- Copyright society
- Copyright conventions
- Industrial design issues
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Nature of Copyright
- Chapter 2 Literary, Dramatic and Musical Works
- Chapter 3 Artistic Works
- Chapter 4 Cinematograph Films and Sound Recordings
- Chapter 5 Author and Ownership of Copyright
- Chapter 6 Rights Conferred by Copyright
- Chapter 7 Work of Joint Authorship
- Chapter 8 Term of Copyright
- Chapter 9 Assignment, Transmission and Relinquishment of Copyright
- Chapter 10 Licences
- Chapter 11 Rights of Broadcasting Organisations and of Performers
- Chapter 12 Publication and Public
- Chapter 13 Infringement of Copyright - General
- Chapter 14 Infringement of Literary, Dramatic and Musical Works
- Chapter 15 Infringement of Artistic Work
- Chapter 16 Infringement of Cinematograph Films
- Chapter 17 Infringement of Sound Recording
- Chapter 18 Remedies and Actions for Infringement of Copyright
- Chapter 19 Criminal Proceedings
- Chapter 20 Threat of Legal Proceedings and Slander of Title
- Chapter 21 International Copyright
- Chapter 22 Copyright Societies
- Chapter 23 Copyright Office, Appellate Board, Registration of Copyright and Appeals
- Chapter 24 International Copyright Conventions
- Chapter 25 Breach of Confidence
- Chapter 26 Copyright in Industrial Designs
- Appendices