ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -What is a Sound Recording? The Copyright Act defines sound recordings as “works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds but not including sounds accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work.” Generally, a sound recording is a recorded performance, often of another work.

Detailed explanation-2: -(a) in any cinematograph film if a substantial part of the film is an infringement of the copyright in any other work; (b) in any 3[sound recording] made in respect of a literary, dramatic or musical work, if in making the 3[sound recording], copyright in such work has been infringed.

Detailed explanation-3: -(4) The copyright in a cinematograph film or a 1[sound recording] shall not affect the separate copyright in any work in respect of which or a substantial part of which, the film, or, as the case may be, the 1[sound recording] is made.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first registration in the U.S. for a musical composition was made on January 6, 1794 by Raynor Taylor for the original song “The Kentucky Volunteer.” However, musical compositions were not explicitly protected until the Copyright Act of 1831, and then protection remained limited to reproduction rights.