Contents
Where to apply for the registering of the copyright for a work?
Is it mandatory to register a work to claim copyright?
Process of copyright registration
How long the registering process take?
Copyright is the legal right meant to the creators of works of literary or dramatic or music or artistic work or producers of films or any sound recordings. When a proprietor registers for Copyright protection, it gives him the right to reproduce, replicate, and distribute the work. So the person can grant the authority to other entities for the same purpose. Register copyright to make you communicating to the public, reproducing rights, and adapting & translating the works.
The Copyright Office has been set up to provide facilities to register all types of works. These facilities generally are headed by a Registrar of Copyrights. The copyright office is located at Plot no. 32, Boudhik Sampada Bhawan, Sector 14, Dwarka, New Delhi- 110075. They can go with the e-filling process too.
Is it mandatory to register a work to claim copyright?
The registration to claim copyright is not necessary for India. It is because the registration is treated as merely the record of a fact. The registration process does not create or any kind of new right. It is not necessary to initiate action against any kind of infringement. This view has been sustained by the Indian courts in a chain of judgments.
Process of Copyright registration
The applicant has to provide-
1.mobile number
2. e-mail address
The steps of the registration process are:
Step 1: File an Application
The author of the work/copyright claimant/ owner of an exclusive right for the work or an authorized agent applies physically in the copyrights office or through speed or registered post or the e-filing facility on the official website copyright.gov.in.To register each work of a separate application these must be filed with the registrar with the particulars of the work. The requisite fee must be given. A dairy number issued by the registrar to the applicant.
Step 2: Examination
Here the process gets divided into two segments:
Step 3: Registration
How long the registering process take?: The registering process of copyright takes 10 to 12 months.
You can also read:
https://lenstax.com/l/privacy-and-eligibilty-to-register-work-under-copyright
https://lenstax.com/l/duration-and-limitation-of-the-rights-provided-by-copyright