Getting a copyright on your music

Pmd

Prateek Dayal Muziboo staff posted

This thread is for discussing copyright related stuff. How to obtain it in India (and may be even Pakistan) … the expenses … process etc

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Prateek Dayal

Posted on November 04, 2007

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Susmit_in_red

Susmit Limaye said

Hi,
I’ve been trying to get info on how to copyright our material. I visited the IPRS website, but it wan’t too helpful. If anybody knows how to go about it, please share the info.

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Vikram Js said

2 b honest, i m also tryin 2 figure out the mechanism, nitty gritties and implications.
this wud b a good start i guess

http://copyright.gov.in/mainhome.asp
http://copyright.gov.in/CprAct.pdf
http://creativecommons.org/
http://creativecommons.org/about/

And then maybe someone can explain 2 me in English what the hell that was about?! :D

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Vikram Js said

Proposed amendments to Indian copyright law
http://copyright.gov.in/Logon.aspx

Pmd

Prateek Dayal Muziboo staff said

Here is a long handbook which has some forms for obtaining copyrights too (Appendix-I)

http://copyright.gov.in/handbook.htm

The fees listed (If i understood properly) is

Literary, Dramatic, Musical or Artistic work Rs. 50/- per work

Do check this out and if you get a copyright this way, do let us know here !

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