Term of copyright in an anonymous works

Term of copyright in an anonymous works

Section 23 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 deals with the term of copyright for anonymous and pseudonymous works. Specifically, it states that copyright for such works subsists for 60 years from the beginning of the calendar year following the year in which the work is first published. If the author's identity is disclosed before the end of this 60-year period, the copyright term extends to 60 years from the beginning of the calendar year following the year of the author's death. 

Publication

Publication

As per Section 3 of the Indian Copyright Act 1957, publication means making a work available to the public by issue of copies or by communicating the work to the public.

Video Piracy

Video Piracy

Video piracy is the illegal act of copying and selling or renting copyrighted videos without permission from the owner. In legal terms this is an act of unauthorized and illegal reproduction or distribution of materials protected by copyright, patent, or trademark law.

For example, a movie is downloaded from the internet and sells and sells it online without permission from the movie producer. This is a serious crime attracting fine or imprisonment or both.