Copyright Registration allows the rights to creators to protect their creativity. The right given for reproduction of a work is usually for a limited time period as being defined by Copyright authorities. The Copyright application may be filed for various forms which includes artistic, educational, literary, or musical. Copyright is automatically vested upon the person who simulates a work and original authorship is offered as well. It includes a song, movie, literary work, software, etc. These rights include the right to produce a work, to distribute copies, to prepare the derivatives of work, and to perform and display the piece of work publicly. Copyright has a primary objective of inducing and rewarding authors through the provision of property rights. These rights include the creation of work and disclosing in front of the public for them to enjoy. It depicts certain rights provided to the creators allowing them to protect their speciality against any sort of theft.
There are three basic requirements that work should meet to be protected by copyright. It includes -
A few considerations are necessarily needs to be made before you go ahead with the plan of starting a Private Limited company. Ensure that you are ready with the decisions of the following points:
- 1 ID Proof (PAN Card, Aadhar Card, Voter ID Card, Passportetc)
- 1 Address Proof (Aadhar Card, Voter ID Card, Passportetc)
- 1 Passport size Photo in softcopy
- 1 Specimen signature in soft copy
- 1 Utility Bill (Bank Statement, Mobile Bill, Electricity bill not older than 2 months)
- *In case of non residents, it should be apostilled from the notary public of that country.
- NOC from the owner of property
- Electricity or Water bill not older than 2 months
- Rent Agreement
The application for registration is mandated to be made on the date as prescribed in the first schedule to the Rules. Depending on the type of work, there may be requirements to file separate copyright applications.
The application should be duly signed either by the applicant or the advocate in whose favour the power of attorney has been executed. The power of attorney signed by the party and accepted by the advocate should also be encountered.
After submitting the application online, the Diary number will be issued.
A waiting period of 30 days is allowed within which the copyright examiner reviews the application submitted for potential discrepancies and objectives.
In case of occurrence of a discrepancy, a discrepancy notice is issued and the discrepancies have to comply within 30 days from the date of issuance of the notice.
Once the discrepancy has been removed, or there were no issues found with the application, then the applied copyright is registered. The copyright office issues the Extracts of Register of copyrights which is nothing but the Registration Certificate.
Any individual or company can file for copyright registration, however, meeting the basic requirements is necessary to apply and get copyright registered.
Basic steps are to be followed that includes - creating an account on the portal, filling in the necessary information, then a diary number will be issued, after successful submission, the officer will review the application and details provided, after clearing all the discrepancies copyright registration is granted.
Copyright authorities generally take 4-5 months to get the registration done.
Generally, the type of objections raised by the concerned department include that the work is not fixed, it is not original or the work is already into existence.
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