Section 30 Copyright Act 1957 deals with LICENSING of copyright. A licence may be granted by:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. Section 30 Copyright Act 1957: 'The owner of the copyright in any existing work or the prospective owner of the copyright in any future work may grant any interest in the right by licence in writing by him or by his duly authorised agent'.
2. Proviso: a licence relating to copyright in any future work shall take effect only when the work comes into existence.
3. Section 30A applies provisions of Section 19 (mode of assignment) mutatis mutandis to licences with necessary modifications.
4. Section 31 (compulsory licence), Section 31A (unpublished or anonymous works), Section 31B (disabled persons, inserted 2012), Section 31C (cover versions, inserted 2012), Section 31D (statutory licence for broadcasting, inserted 2012) are special licensing regimes.
5. 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 30_
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