What are the exclusive rights under Copyright Act, 1957 in case of computer programme as subject matter of copyright protection ?

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What are the exclusive rights under Copyright Act, 1957 in case of computer programme as subject matter of copyright protection ?

Answer & Explanation:

According Section 2(ffc) of the Copyright Act, 1957, "computer programme" means a set of instructions expressed in words, codes, schemes or in any other form, including a machine readable medium, capable of causing a computer to perform a particular task or achieve a particular result; Further, Section 2(o) of the Copyright Act, 1957 states that "literary work" includes computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer databases. In view of the above, all economic and moral rights available for the literary work under the copyright are applicable for computer programme also. The exclusive copyrights in respect of a work of a computer programme include: doing any of the acts specified in respect of a literary, dramatic or musical work and selling or giving on commercial rental or offer for sale or for commercial rental, any copy of the computer programme. The Copyright Act, 1957 protects the author's economic and moral rights in the copyrighted work as stated in section 14 and 57 respectively, including the rights in computer software/programmes.

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