In the following cases who are the owners of the copyrights, in terms of the provisions of Copyright Act, 1957: (1) Musical sound recordings (2) Works by journalists during their employment (3) Painting or portrait drawn

Section 17 of the Copyright Act, 1957 laid down the provisions of the ownership of the copyright. As per Section 17 and other relevant sections of Copyright Act, 1957, following would be the owners of the copyrights: In musical sound recordings: lyricist, composer, singer, musician and the person or company who produced the answers to be sound recording. In works by journalists during their employment: In the absence of any agreement to the contrary, the proprietor. In painting or portrait drawn at the instance of any person: In the absence of any agreement to the contrary, the person at whose instance the work is produced. In drafting of examination question papers: Rights vests in the paper setter where no contract to the contrary exists. The paper setter in such case is the author and owner and not the authority for whom the question papers are set. In book written by a teacher being an employee in a college: Teacher is the author and owner of the copyright and not the college because teacher is employed to teach and not to write the books.