Copyright is one the intellectual property protection like patent and trademark. The copyright act 1957 helps you in protecting the original genuine literature, drama, music and artistic work and ideas procedures or even the methods of operation can never be copyrighted.

In simple words, a copyright is an exclusive right granted to the owner in order to protect his work from being copied, exploited or misused. During particular work takes lots of efforts and energy and therefore protecting the work done is as important as doing a work. The only owner of registered work can use the product or even can grant permission to another person. Copyrights are also transferrable. It is just like an asset which you can sell to someone else for consideration.

PROCESS;

1. Application for registration is to be made from XIV as prescribed in the first schedule to the rules.
2.  After filing an application for copyright along with complete details and copies, the author has to wait for a mandatory 30 days.
3. The applicants should be signed by the applicant or the advocate in whose favor power of attorney has been executed. The power of attorney signed by the party and accepted by the advocate should also be enclosed.
4. The fee is either in the form of demand draft,  Indian postal order favoring “registrar of copyright payable at New Delhi” or through E payment.