Dr. N.Sundar
Librarian
Thiagarajar College of Preceptors, Madurai.

 Discuss Copyright Act
 Explain the first ownership
 Discuss Press and Registration of Books
Act
 Describe the delivery of Books &
Newspaper Act.

 In General, House, Car and Civil Rights are
controlled and protected by the laws. Your
ideas are not, until you communicate to the
public.
 Ideas are intellectual property (IP) and only
when they are communicated, translated into
writings, or realized in tangible objects do legal
rights and obligations arise.

 Copyright, Patent right, and Trademarks
are all forms fall under the umbrella of
Intellectual Property (IP) and are unique
in their form and functions.

According to Pedley, P. (2011) that the copyright
is a "property right which arises automatically on the
creation of Various categories of work, and protects
the rights and interests of the creators of literary,
dramatic, musical, and artistic works, sound recordings,
films, broadcasts, and cable programmes and the
typographical arrangements of published editions".

 Right given by the law to creators or
owners of the original works.
 In fact, it is a bundle of rights including,
inter alia, rights of reproduction,
communication to the public, adaptation
and translation of the work.

 Right given by the law to creators or
owners of the original works.
 In fact, it is a bundle of rights including,
inter alia, rights of reproduction,
communication to the public, adaptation
and translation of the work.

According to WIPO (World Intellectual Property
Organization)
Copyright (or author’s right) is a legal term used to
describe the rights that creators have 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

In Principles, the patent owner has the
exclusive right to prevent or stop others from
commercially exploiting the patented
invention.
Patent protection means that the invention
cannot be commercially made, used,
distributed, imported or sold by others
without the patent owner's consent.

 The protection is granted for a limited
period.
 Generally 20 years from the date of
filling application.

In the US the first modern patent act was
passed in 1790 and the country’s first
patent was granted to Oliver Evans for his
automatic gristmill (Patent 2009).

Copyright in a work created on or after January 1,
1978
Life of the author and 70 years after the author's death
Joint work with 2 or more author who didn’t work
hire
Life of last surviving author and 70 years after such
surviving author’s death.

Anonymous work (work made
for hire)
95 years of its first
publication, or 120 years
from the year of its
creation, whichever
expires first.

The author of the work is the first owner.
 In case, the author is employed by
newspaper, magazine, etc. under a contract
of service, the proprietor will be the first
owner.
 Where a photograph is taken, or a painting
or portrait drawn for a valuable consideration
at the instance of person, such person is the
first owner.

 Where any address or speech is delivered in
public, the person delivering is the first owner
and where it is delivered on behalf of another
person such other person is the first owner.
 In case of Government work, Government shall
be the first owner.
 In case of work made or published by or under
any public undertaking, it shall be the first
owner.

Fair use of the copyrighted work, (Section 107)
-Use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by
any other means, for the purpose such as Criticism,
comment, news reporting, teaching (including
multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or
research, is not an infringement of copyright.
Reference: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107

 Make a “good-faith” effort to locate
copyright owners
 Use a disclaimer
 Limit copies to research and
educational use
 Don’t make a profit on them

E-books
 Lovely Professional University study materials.
http://www.lpude.in/about-us/availability-of-online-study-material.php
 Pedley, P. (2011). Copyright for Library and Information Service
Professionals. London: Taylor and Francis. Retrieved from
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/auemirates-
ebooks/detail.action?docID=178918
Other Reference
 WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/profile.jsp?code=AE
 Copyright Policy, Creative, and Innovation in the Digital Economy
https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/news/publications/copyrightgr
eenpaper.pdf
Other Links
 http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=316909
 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17