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A Ship Bound for India (Swedish: Skepp till Indialand) is a 1947 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was originally released as A Ship to India in the United Kingdom and Frustration in the United States. The screenplay was written by Bergman, based on the play by Martin Söderhjelm.
May 8, 2020 · Section 17 of the Copyright Act, 1957, provides for provisions of acquiring Ownership of Copyright. The Ownership right is available only if the person qualifies the provision of the Copyright Act, 1957. In other laws prevailing in India, no other remedy is available to counter the violation of Ownership of Copyright.
The Copyright Act, 1957 (the ‘Act’) came into effect from January 1958. The Act has been amended five times since then, i.e., in 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1999 and ...
- History of Copyright Laws
- Copyright Law in India
- Idea V Expression in Copyright Law
- Doctrine of Merger in Copyright Law
- Concept of Originality in Copyright Law
- Subject Matter of Copyright
- Rights of Copyright Owners
- Conclusion
Before the advent of the printing press, literary works had to be copied manually, hence their dissemination was limited. However, with the rise of the printing press arose a new need to protect the literary work. The first copyright law, The Statute of Anne was passed in 1709 and came into effect in 1710 in England. The concept of the author of wo...
The first copyright law in India had its inception in 1847 by an enactment during the East India Company’s regime. However, it wasn’t until 1914 India got a proper copyright law when the Copyright Act of 1914 was passed. However, it was heavily dependent on the UK Copyright Act, 1911. In 1957, a new Copyright Act was passed which is in use till dat...
Copyright laws protect only the expression of ideas and thoughts and not ideas per se. Ideas are abstract and non-copyrightable, essentially lying in the public domain. Only the particular expression of an idea is copyrightable. For example, no one can copyright and claim a monopoly to the idea of taking a picture of the sun. However, when a person...
In some works, the idea and expression are so intrinsically connected that it is impossible to distinguish between idea and expression. Under such circumstances, the Courts apply the Doctrine of Merger which mandates that when the expression is indistinguishable from idea, copyright protection cannot be accorded to that particular work. The Supreme...
Section 13 of the Copyright Act clearly states that in order to be eligible for copyright protection, the work must be Original. However, the Act does not define the term ‘original’. Unlike in Patents, ‘originality’ does not mean an inventive or novel expression of ideas. The meaning of the term ‘original’ was interpreted in the case of UNIVERSITY ...
LITERARY WORKS
According to section 2(o) of the Copyright Act, ‘literary work’ includes computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer databases. And computer programmes include programmes recorded on any information storage device which is capable of reproducing any information when fed into a computer. Though books, songs and other literary works are protected, titles alone cannot be copyrighted.
DATABASES:
Databases are protected works owing to the fact that they require skill, judgment and creative ability. The arrangement of data should be unique and not dictated by technical considerations or constraints leaving no room for creative freedom.
JUDGMENTS
Court Judgements per se are non-copyrightable work, they are the property of the Sovereign State and are always in the public domain. Reproduction or publication of any Order or Judgement of a Court, Tribunal or other Judicial Authorities will constitute copyright infringement. However, when a publisher adds changes to the judgment in the form of punctuation, paragraphs, footnotes, head notes, etc, such work becomes copyright eligible satisfying the test of minimal creativity.
Copyright is transferable, meaning the owner of a copyright can sell it for economic gain. He can transfer, assign, license or sell it for economic gain, when he does so he loses his economic right over the work to that extent. However, he will still be able to claim that he was the author of that particular work. Rights under copyright are two-fol...
One can say that the law of copyright is an ever evolving law owing to the fact that it is undeniably linked to technological advancements. Copyright laws started with protecting books and over centuries have evolved to accommodate computer programmes. As technology advances, the menace of copyright violations like plagiarism and piracy too has inc...
into TRIPS Agreement. Since then India has also amended its copyright law in a direction to make it TRIPS compliant. I. Introduction The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artis - tic Works, 1886 marked the era of protection of copyrighted works of the nationals of its member States internationally,
Jul 31, 2019 · An overview of the law and practice surrounding copyright ownership and transfer in India, including eligible owners, employee and contractor work, licensing and termination.
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Nov 20, 2023 · The Yemen rebel group of Houthis seized an Israel-linked ship bound for India on Sunday (November 19), raising fears of another dimension being added to the ongoing Gaza conflict. Houthi fighters descended on the ship from helicopters and took all 25 crew members hostage.
