Discuss the classes of work for which copyright protection is available under Copyright Act, 1957 duly amended from time to time.

The copyright protection is available in the following classes of work under Copyright Act, 1957 duly amended from time to time : Original literary, Dramatic, Musical work (consists of music and also graphic notation of such works but excludes any words or action intended to be sung, spoken or performed with music) Artistic works (painting, sculpture, drawing, engraving, photograph, architecture or any other work of artistic craftsmanship (whether or not any such work poses artistic work) Cinematograph films (work of visual recording on any medium produced through a process from which a moving image may be produced by any means and includes a sound recording accompanying such visual recording); and Sound recordings (recording of sounds from which sounds may be produced regardless of the medium on which such recording is made or the method by which the sounds are produced).