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Caveat Filing in Supreme court
Caveat Filing in Supreme court

What is the Copyright Protection in Regards to Publication of the Creative Work?

The right to publish the work does not figure in the amended Section 14(a) as in the previous section prior to the amendment; instead the right to issue copies of the work and the right to communicate the work to the public figure. However the new definition of Publication covers both issue of copies and communication of the work to the public. Copies already sold or in circulation are excluded from the exclusive right to issue copies.

This is natural since in the case of copies already sold or in circulation there can be no restriction in reissuing those copies to the public by persons who have acquired these lawfully.

Communication to the public

means making any work available for being seen or heard or otherwise enjoyed by the public directly or by any means of display or diffusions other than by issuing copies of such work regardless of whether any member of the public actually sees, hears or otherwise enjoys the work so made available.

Communication through satellite or cable or any other means of simultaneous communication to more than one household or place of residence including residential rooms of any hotel or hostel will be deemed to be communication to the public.

 

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