This highly acclaimed text on this subject has been thoroughly revised to reflect the changing nature of copyright. The author has focused the latest development of law in the wake of the Berne Convention, GATT and TRIPs and parried all possible problems with probable solutions. The topics of discussion include matters of copyright, joint authorship, piracy and infringement, criminal proceedings, copyright society, international conventions, industrial design and so on. All the changes due to the Copyright (Amendment) Act 212 and the Copyright Rules 213 (which repealed and replaced the Copyright Rules 1958) are embodied not only in the appropriate places of the text, but also in the Appendices to keep the readers abreast of the law.
Key Features:
Ownership of copyright
Joint authorship
Piracy and infringement
Criminal proceedings
Copyright society
Copyright conventions
Industrial design issues

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1 Nature of Copyright
Chapter 2 Literary, Dramatic and Musical Works
Chapter 3 Artistic Works
Chapter 4 Cinematograph Films and Sound Recordings
Chapter 5 Author and Ownership of Copyright
Chapter 6 Rights Conferred by Copyright
Chapter 7 Work of Joint Authorship
Chapter 8 Term of Copyright
Chapter 9 Assignment, Transmission and Relinquishment of Copyright
Chapter 10 Licences
Chapter 11 Rights of Broadcasting Organisations and of Performers
Chapter 12 Publication and Public
Chapter 13 Infringement of Copyright - General
Chapter 14 Infringement of Literary, Dramatic and Musical Works
Chapter 15 Infringement of Artistic Work
Chapter 16 Infringement of Cinematograph Films
Chapter 17 Infringement of Sound Recording
Chapter 18 Remedies and Actions for Infringement of Copyright
Chapter 19 Criminal Proceedings
Chapter 20 Threat of Legal Proceedings and Slander of Title
Chapter 21 International Copyright
Chapter 22 Copyright Societies
Chapter 23 Copyright Office, Appellate Board, Registration of Copyright and Appeals
Chapter 24 International Copyright Conventions
Chapter 25 Breach of Confidence
Chapter 26 Copyright in Industrial Designs
Appendices