Friday, September 17, 2010

What Are The Types Of Copyright

By Ramaswami Natarajan

The different kinds of creative work which are registered under the copyright Intellectual Property. They are musical works, artistic works, literary works, multimedia products such as CD - ROMS, video games, plays, choreography, architectural designs etc.

The copyright protects the appearance of the idea/concept and not the ideas itself. The tale of a love story may be similar but the way of writing the story in precise words is the one which makes the novel creative from others. It may include pictures, words, colors used in and the way of style in writing story.

Literary work defines any work which is conversed by means of illustration in the form of book. Software comes under literary work. Software is the collection of computer program and related data which provides the information to the computer. Dramatic work defines the draft of the conversation in the play, music, lyrics, choreography etc.

Musical work also falls under the copyright which includes the written music which does not consist of any words. Song lyrics are protected as a literary work under copyright where the words of the song are protected and the rights are owned by the lyricist. The graphical notation is a written music which will be protected in the literary work. The rights of written music will be owned by the composer of the music. A person who composes music is called as a composer.

Sound recording defines the person who records the sound when and where it was created. The proprietor of the sound recording is the recording company. The entertainer should assign its privileges to the recording company. They play the important role of the copyright sound recording ownership. Authorization from entertainer is essential when recording is made of their entertainer. They are the inventor of sound recording and they have ethical privileges. Performance means performer's privileges made by survive performers. Performer includes a musician, actor, singer, dancer, entertainer, a person delivering a lecture or any other person who makes a performance.

Work of architecture means structural designs of any buildings which has a design. Artistic work means a drawing or a photograph, sculpture, a painting, buildings which posse's creative quality. In case of shoot, the copyright will be owned by the shooter who takes the shoot.

Cinematography film means a copy of the film produced by any medium. Producer means any person who takes the steps to produce the work. Film includes TV programs, cinema and animation where the rights will rely on the screenplay, the visual images and the sound track. Communication to the public means any work available to the public directly or by means of display or through satellite or cable. Broadcast means communication to the public by means of wireless diffusion. - 2361

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