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Section 14 Copyright Act 1957 defines 'copyright' as the EXCLUSIVE RIGHT subject to the provisions of the Act, to do or authorise the doing of any of the acts specified. For a literary, dramatic or musical work (not being a computer programme), the bundle of rights includes:

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Correct answer: D.
1. Section 14(a) Copyright Act 1957 lists rights in respect of a LITERARY, DRAMATIC or MUSICAL WORK (not being a computer programme): (i) reproduce the work in any material form including the storing of it in any medium by electronic means; (ii) issue copies of the work to the public not being copies already in circulation; (iii) perform the work in public, or communicate it to the public; (iv) make any cinematograph film or sound recording in respect of the work; (v) make any translation of the work; (vi) make any adaptation of the work; (vii) do, in relation to a translation or adaptation, any of the above acts. 2. Computer programmes get additional right under Section 14(b): right to sell, give on commercial rental or hire any copy of the computer programme. 3. Hence option B is correct. _Source: Patents Act 1970 / Copyright Act 1957 / Trade Marks Act 1999 (Bare Acts, IPIndia portal + Copyright Office) — Copyright Act 1957, Section 14(a)_
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