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The requirement for copyright is that the author must have invested sufficient skill and labor on the work created. The work created by the author should be original. There is no requirement that the literary and artistic work created by the author should be good or have artistic merits.
If others using the same idea arrive at the same result by their own hard work and labor as you do then ‘It Is Not An Infringement’. The Copyright protects only the expression and not mere ideas. As a result even your coworker may conceive a similar idea as yours and may produce a same artistic or literary result by investing his own time, hard work and labor.
Copyright and Your Work
Following are some of the copyrightable subject matters:
- Literary work such as Text
Any form of Text such as letters and research papers are a literary work and the owner of such work can use copyright notice to prevent any infringement or unauthorized reproduction of such work.
Computer Programs are treated as literary works. In India, the computer programs are not patentable. The copyright of computer software is protected under the provisions of Indian Copyright Act 1957.
The rights of a copyright holder related to software are:
¨ Renting the software
¨ Making backup copies
¨ Legally protecting the software from infringement of copyright of software.
Drawings may be included within copyrights as aesthetic work. In aesthetic field, Copyright can be used to prevent unauthorized reproduction of the work. In technical field, unauthorized copying of engineering drawings or computer aided design data is an infringement of Copyright.
Photographs may be commercially important as post cards, posters and banners. A person who owns the photographs can enforce the Copyright against any infringement.
Copyright Notice
A copyright notice reserves your rights to exercise the copyright when violated.
Example: Copyright© 2009 InnoMantra Consulting
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