Discuss the rights of authors protected under the Copyright Act, 1957.

Copyright Act, 1957 protects the rights of authors, i.e., creators of intellectual property in the form of literary, musical, dramatic and artistic works and cinematograph films and sound recordings. The following rights are protected: reproduce the work. issue copies of the work to the public. perform the work in public. communicate the work to the public. make cinematograph film or sound recording in respect of the work. make any translation of the work. make any adaptation of the work (conversion of dramatic work into non dramatic work, literary work into dramatic work, re arrangement of literary or dramatic work, depiction in comic form or through pictures of a literary or dramatic work, transcription of musical work or any act involving rearrangement or alteration of an existing work and the making of a cinematograph film of literary or dramatic or musical work). In addition to all the rights applicable to a literary work, owner of the copyright in a computer programme enjoys the rights to sell or give on hire or offer for sale or hire, regardless of whether such a copy has been sold or given on hire on earlier occasion.