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Foundation of Library and Information Science

Notes Copyright: Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of
original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time.
Infringement: Violation of the terms of an agreement, encroachment, trespass, or disregard of
others’ rights, such as invasion of an exclusive right of intellectual property.
Licenses: Permission to engage in a certain activity, granted by the appropriate authority.
Literary Work: Intellectual work expressed in written words, numbers, or symbols (but not
audio-visually) in any medium.
Moral Rights: Moral rights are rights of creators of copyrighted works generally recognized in
civil law jurisdictions and, to a lesser extent, in some common law jurisdictions.
Originality: Originality is the aspect of created or invented works by as being new or novel, and
thus can be distinguished from reproductions, clones, forgeries, or derivative works.

Owner: A party that possesses the exclusive right to hold, use, benefit-from, enjoy, convey,
transfer, and otherwise dispose of an asset or property.
Press: It is the practice of investigation and reporting of events and issues and trends to a broad
audience in a timely fashion.
Protection: A person or thing that prevents someone or something from suffering harm or
injury.
Pseudonymous: A pseudonym is a name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose,
which differs from his or her original or true name.

Right: Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are
the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according
to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory.
Translation: Translation means the expression of a work in a language other than that of the
original version.

13.6 Review Questions

1. Discuss the general conditions for protection in Copyright Act.
2. Which works are protected under Copyright Act?
3. Discuss the term of copyright.

4. Who is the first owner of copyright?
5. Explain the infringement in Copyright Act.
6. What are the two basic types of limitations?
7. Describe the ownership and transfer of copyright.
8. Discuss the two types of rights protected by copyright.

9. Write brief note on Press and Registration of Books Act.
10. Explain delivery of books of public libraries.
11. What is the cognizance of offences Delivery of Books and Newspaper Act?

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