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Copyright in India is governed by the law of copyright of India. Copyright services are provided by the copyright agents and attorneys who practice in the field of intellectual property. The copyright office in India is located in the city of New Delhi constituted under the act copyright act. The copyright act and rules provide for protection of original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, cinematograph films, and sound recordings. The object of the copyright law is to protect the unlawful reproduction of the materials or creations of the creator, authors, writer, and artist.

Copyright means to do or authorize to reproduce, issue copies the work in any material form, to make any or in relation of translation, adaptation in the case of a literary; to reproduce the work in any material form, to communicate and issue copies of the work to the public, to make any adaptation in the case of an artistic work; to make a copy of the film, including a photograph of any image forming part, any other sound recording embodying it, to communicate the film to the public, in the case of cinematograph film;

The object of the copyright law is to protect the unlawful reproduction of the materials or creations of the creator, authors, writer, and artist. The agents service for Copyright in India who are either an advocate or a copyright agent in India typically provided. The copyright office has a register in which the copyright are registered and the officer is called as the registrar of copyright. India is a signatory to various copyright conventions like Berne convention, International convention of copyright and provides protection to the copyright of original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, cinematograph films, and sound recordings.

Where copyright in any work has been infringed, the owner of the copyright shall be entitled to all such remedies by way of injunction, damages, accounts for the infringement of a right provided that if the defendant proves that at the date of the infringement he was not aware and had no reasonable ground for believing that copyright subsisted in the work, the owner shall not be entitled to any remedy other than an injunction in respect of the infringement and a decree for the whole or part of the profits made by the defendant by the sale of the infringing copies as the court may in the circumstances deem reasonable.

Copyright lasts for 60 years is the general rule. The 60-year period is counted from the year following the death of the author in the case of original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works. The 60-year period is counted from the date of publication In the case of cinematograph films, sound recordings, photographs, posthumous publications, anonymous and pseudonymous publications, works of government and works of international organizations. The protection of copyright in India is for limited period of time.