2. COPYRIGHT
• Copyright is the exclusive legal right that the owner of an intellectual property has.
• Copyright (or author’s right)is a legal term used to describe the rights that
creatures have over their own literary and artitic works.
• Copyright is the right to reproduce or copy any work by the one who actually has
the authorization to.
• Right granted by govt which gives owner the exclusive right to use original
expressive work.
• Copyright law protects creators of orginal material from unauthorized duplication
or use.
4. HOW COPYRIGHTING WORKS
A work is considered original if the author created it from independent thinking
void of duplication.This type of work is known asOriginalWork of Authorship.
Anyone with an original work of authorship has the copyright to that
work,preventing anyone else from using it.
Copyright can be registered voluntarily by the original owner.
6. TYPE OF WORKS PROTECTED
CopyrightAct states work of authorship include following works:
• Literary works:novel,non-fiction,newspaper,prose,poetry,article,magazine,newspaper articles.
• Music work:songs,instrument&advertising jingles.
• Pictorial,graphics&sculptural work:photograph,map,painting,drawing,graphics,art,statues.
• Audio-visual work:movies,documents,travelogues,television shows etc.
• Soundrecording:recordings of music.
7. COPYRIGHT EXCEPTION
Not every expression of idea may be copyright protected
It doesn’t protect:
• Titles
• Names
• Short phrase and slogan
• Symbols or design
• Lettering or colouring
• Listings of ingredients.
8. COPYRIGHT ACT 1957
Copyright law is to preserve the fruits of a man’s effort,labour,talent from annexation by other
persons.
Copyright law protects the expression not the idea.
To get the protection the work must be original.
Copyright provide two type of rights:economic&moral
Economic rights allow right owners to derive financial reward from the use of their works by
others.
In many national laws moral rights remain with the author even after they have transferred
their economic rights.
TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT
Authors may transfer the economic rights in their works to individuals or companies best
able to market them,in return for payment.
9. DURATION OF COPYRIGHT
• The period or duration of copyright begins from the moment the work is
created under some national laws.
• Copyright protection continues until certain time after the death of author.
• Gives protection during the life of author plus 70 years.
• Incase of more than one author protection period is 70 years after the
death of last surviving member.
• Once copyright expire they become part of the public domain and are free
to use by anyone.
10. COPYRIGHT IN EDUCATION
In learning process teachers often use copyright materials to instruct
students .
The law provide a number of exceptions for education.
Under certain conditions teachers and students can use copyright
protected work without the permission of copyright owner.
In UK any type of work can be used for the purpose of teaching.
