Section 22-The Copyright Act, 1957-Term of copyright in published literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works

Section 22-The Copyright Act, 1957-Term of copyright in published literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works:

Except as otherwise hereinafter provided, copyright shall subsist in any literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work (other than a photograph) published within the lifetime of the author until ¹[sixty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the author dies.

Explanation.—In this section the reference to the author shall, in the case of a work of joint authorship, be construed as a reference to the author who dies last.

COMMENTS

Subsistence of copyrigh tby virtue of section 22, the copyright in the work of grandfather could not subsist 50 years after his death; Khemraj v. Garg & Co., AIR 1975 Del 130.

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1. Subs. by Act 13 of 1992, sec. 2, for "fifty years" (w.r.e.f. 28-12-1991).