Copyright is the right of ownership entitled to literature, drama, music, artworks, sound recordings, etc. Copyright registration grants a bundle of rights that comprise rights to reproduction, communication to the public, adaptation, and translation of the work. Registering a Copyright ensures certain minimum safeguards of the rights of ownership and enjoyment of the authors over their creations, which protects and rewards creativity.
It is necessary to register for copyright because it makes you communicate to the public, reproduce the rights, adapt and translate the works.
Lately, there has been a substantial increase in the amount of intellectual property being registered in India as the awareness about intellectual property laws has increased. Copyright registration happens to be one of the critical types of intellectual types of property protection.
Copyright registration is done as per the regulations of the Copyright Act,1957. The author’s creative work cannot be copied as no person is allowed to use the same without the permission of the author or the creator. The author can charge others for using or changing his work. The copyright protection typically lasts for 60 years
Benefits Of Copyright Registration
In India, the work eligible for copyright registration must fall in either of the areas as follows
- Musical Works.
- Cinematography Films.
- Literary Works, such as Manuscripts and Books.
- Fashion designs.
- Performances.
- Artistic works, such as Paintings.
- Website.
- Broadcast on Radio and Television.
- Published Editions.
- Computer Software and other computer programs and compilations, etc.