ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Copyright (or author’s right) is a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works. Works covered by copyright range from books, music, paintings, sculpture, and films, to computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps, and technical drawings.

Detailed explanation-2: -Copyright protects the rights of authors, i.e., creators of intellectual property in the form of literary, musical, dramatic and artistic works and cinematograph films and sound recordings.

Detailed explanation-3: -Copyright is a right which subsists in a number of different kinds of works such as literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, sound recording and cinematograph films. 1 The Copyright Act 1957 governs the law related to the copyrights in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -What are author’s rights? All authors, by definition, have their works protected by a series of rights which give them the complete and exclusive capacity to exploit these same works. These rights are known as ‘copyright’. There are two different types of copyright: moral rights and economic rights.

Detailed explanation-5: -Generally, works that are considered “literary works” are intended to be read; they are not intended to be performed before an audience like plays, which are considered “works of the performing arts.” Copyright protection does not extend to names, titles, short phrases, ideas, methods, facts, or systems.