Benefits of Copyright :
  • Get a public record of ownership by the copyright holder
  • Presumption of Ownership  
  • The Ability to Enforce Copyrights by Filing a Lawsuit for Copyright Infringement 
  • Eligibility for Statutory Damages, Attorney Fees, and Costs of Suit
  • Protection Against Importation of Infringing Works
  • Ownership Validity
  • CR is for the use, reuse, and reproduce the copies and can sell the copies of the work.
  • You can openly exhibit his work
  • Copyright work can be liberated to create any derivative work
Procedure for Copyright Registration

Step 1: Filing the Application

  • Application must be submitted with the Copyrights office either physically or through speed/registered post or through e-filing, along with the requisite fees.
  • Once this application is filed, a diary number is generated and issued to the applicant, the Applicant can track the status of the application with the diary number,
  • The Applicant has to submit the work (which is to be copyrighted) to  the Copyrights office, within 30 days of the filing of the Application,

Step 2: Examination

  • After filing the application there is a minimum 30 days waiting period to allow for raising an objection in concern to the copyright application by the others. This stage is further divided into two parts.

No objections are raised:

If no objections are raised the examiner reviews and scrutinizes the application to find any discrepancy, the  scrutiny gives rise to two options:

  1. In case some discrepancies are found, a notice is issued to the applicant, the applicant then replies to the notice. Based upon his reply, a hearing is conducted by the Registrar. Once the discrepancies are sorted out during the hearing, the applicant can move forward to the next stage.
  2. In case if there is no discrepancy found and the documents provided by the applicant are in law and order, he/she can proceed towards the next stage.

Objection Raised :

In case objections are raised by someone against the applicant, the registrar sends a letter to both the parties, after requisite replies from the third party, they are called to be heard by the registrar.

  1. If the objection is rejected upon the hearing, the application goes ahead for scrutiny, and the above-mentioned procedure is followed
  2. However, if objection is not clarified or discrepancy is not resolved the application is rejected and the same is informed to the applicant through a rejection letter. At such point of time, the procedure for copyright registration under the copyright act shall end here.
Registration of Copyright

Registration is the final stage. In this stage, if all the documents are in order and can satisfy the copyright claim, the copyright gets registered. The Registrar of Copyrights enters the details of the copyright into the Register of Copyrights and a Certificate of copyright Registration is issued to the applicant.