Legal Question in Intellectual Property in India
Indian copy rights act 1956
A book published in 1945.The author dedicates the book as a property of the people with out any copy right registration. After 62 yrs of authors death,another person prints for profit. Can he do it India as because there is no Copy right infringement? Is it prohibited under any Indian law?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Indian copy rights act 1956
the auther's copyright is still protected.
Re: Indian copy rights act 1956
Copyright gives the monopoly to their author for the life time and plus 60 years. After the expiration of stipulated term that intellectual property falls within the public domain. According to your query, 62 years have passed after the death of the author. Now the book is available for the public to use in any manner, in any mode.
The book being dedicated to people by the author does not mean the waiver the author�s rights.
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