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Unit 13: Acts Related to Library Legislation

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significant portion of the plot, characters etc. from the book. Therefore, the end product
(movie script) could be rightfully said to be a product of joint authorship, involving
Chetan Bhagat, Abhijit and Rajkumar Hirani. Authors share a special relation to their
creations—and many see it as an extension of their personality.
But all of the above arguments relate to the moral right to “paternity” or authorship.
There is another moral right, albeit a more problematic one that often crops up in most of
the case law i.e. the moral right to integrity (to prevent any “unfair” treatment to the
authors’ work).

Questions
1. Write down the case facts.
2. What do you infer from it?
Source: http://lawandotherthings.blogspot.in/2010/01/3-idiots-copyright-controversy-whither.html

13.4 Summary

Copyright is a right given by the law to creators of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic
works and producers of cinematograph films and sound recordings.
For a work to enjoy copyright protection, it must be an original creation.
The subject-matter of copyright protection includes every production in the literary,
scientific and artistic domain, whatever the mode or form of expression.
The term of copyright varies according to the nature of the work and whether the author
is a natural person or a legal person.
The owner of copyright in a protected work may use the work as he wishes — but not
without regard to the legally recognized rights and interests of others — and may exclude
others from using it without his authorization.
A major category of acts restricted by copyright consists of the acts of broadcasting works
and of communicating works to the public by means of wires or cables
Newspapers constitute a potent medium for exercise of this freedom. In our country, the
publication of newspapers is regulated primarily by the Press and Registration of Books
Act, 1867.
The PRB Act lays down a time limit within which publication has to start after a declaration
has been filed.
The copy delivered to any other public library shall be on the paper on which the largest
number of copies of the books is printed for sale, and shall be in the like condition as the
book prepared for sale.

13.5 Keywords

Adaptation: An adaptation is a physical or behavioural characteristic that has developed to
allow an organism to better survive in its environment.
Author: An author is broadly defined as “the person who originated or gave existence to anything”
and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created.

Broadcasting: Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience
via any audio or visual mass communications medium, but usually one using electromagnetic
radiation (radio waves).

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