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H ello friends, today we shall look into the situation where any person is being charged of copyright infringement. In this article we will focus only about one of the specific provisions of the Copyright Act i.e. Sec 63 of the Copyright Act, which defines the copyright infringement to be a criminal offence prescribing both punishment and fine.   SEC 63 OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT As per this provision, it is defined that any person who knowingly infringes or abets infringement of copyright in a work or any other as conferred by this Act except as provided under Sec 53A of the Act (which talks about resale share rights in original copies), shall be punishable with imprisonment of minimum 6 months which can even extend to 3 years. Moreover, such person shall also be made liable to pay a fine of rupees fifty thousand to two lacs rupees as the case may be. Any construction work which infringes or liable to infringe any other work once completed shall be excluded from this section. ...

H ello friends today we will discuss about the copyright law in India. Copyright is a form of intellectual property that gives the rightful owner an exclusive right to make copies of a creative work. Such right given by law to the creators of original work may extend in the areas of literature, drama, music, art, movie, software, sound recordings, etc. In simple words, we can say it is a right to copy. It is governed by the Copyright Act, 1957. Copyright legally protects your work and prevents unauthorized usage with respect to musical works, literary works like books and manuscripts, cinematography films, fashion designs, artistic works like paintings, performances, software and other computer programs and compilations. Work will be protected in several countries although work being first published in India, since India is a part of many conventions.       REGISTRATION   Although registration of copyright is not mandatory in India still it is advisable to g...