Copyright Registration Documents, Benefits Eligibility, Process & Validity

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.

To obtain copy registration, the following documents should be submitted:

• Name, address, and nationality of the candidate- Id Proof
• NOC from the publisher if the publisher and the applicant are two different individuals
• Search Certificate from Trademark office if any
• NOC from a person whose photograph appears on the work
• Power of attorney
• 2 Copies of the work (Book / Source code in CD (if Website copyright))
• KYC of author

Eligibility

Copyright registration can be obtained for any works related to literature, drama, music, artwork, film, or sound recording. Copyrights are given to mainly three classes of work, and each class has its distinctive right under the copyright act.

• Original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works comprise the copyright for books, music, painting, sculpture, etc.
• Cinematography films are another class of copyright that consists of any work of visual recording on any medium.
• Sound recordings have a distinctive class under the copyright act that consists of a recording of sounds, regardless of the medium on which such recording is made or the method by which the sound is produced.