Copyright Act, 1957

Section - 14 - Meaning of copyright

[Meaning of copyright.

14. For the purposes of this Act, "copyright" means the exclusive right subject to the provisions of this Act, to do or authorise the doing of any of the following acts in respect of a work or any substantial part thereof, namely:-

(a)-in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work, not being a computer programme,-
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(i)-to reproduce the work in any material form including the storing of it in any medium by electronic means;
(ii)-to issue copies of the work to the public not being copies already in circulation;
(iii)-to perform the work in public, or communicate it to the public;