Section 57 Copyright Act 1957 confers AUTHOR'S MORAL RIGHTS, which inc…

Question

Section 57 Copyright Act 1957 confers AUTHOR'S MORAL RIGHTS, which include:

Accepted Answer

A. the SPECIAL RIGHT to claim authorship of the work; AND (b) to restrain or claim damages in respect of any distortion, mutilation, modification or other act in relation to the work which would be PREJUDICIAL TO HIS HONOUR OR REPUTATION

1. Section 57(1) Copyright Act 1957: 'Independently of the author's copyright and even after the assignment either wholly or partially of the said copyright, the author of a work shall have the right — (a) to claim authorship of the work; AND (b) to restrain or claim damages in respect of any distortion, mutilation, modification or other act in relation to the said work which is done before the expiration of the term of copyright if such distortion, mutilation, modification or other act would be prejudicial to his honour or reputation.'
2. Section 57 implements Berne Convention Article 6bis (right of attribution + right of integrity).
3. The Delhi High Court in Amar Nath Sehgal v. Union of India, 117 (2005) DLT 717 held that moral rights survive even after assignment and even after death (extended via heirs).
4. 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 57 (Berne Convention Article 6bis)_

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only the right to claim royalty for use of the work in any commercial venture (cf. Copyright Act 1957, Section 57 (Berne Convention Article 6bis)) (cf. Copyright Act 1957, Section 57 (Berne Convention Article 6bis))

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only the right to determine the copyright term of the work after publication (cf. Copyright Act 1957, Section 57 (Berne Convention Article 6bis)) (cf. Copyright Act 1957, Section 57 (Berne Convention Article 6bis))

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only the right to the original physical embodiment of the work in possession (cf. Copyright Act 1957, Section 57 (Berne Convention Article 6bis)) (cf. Copyright Act 1957, Section 57 (Berne Convention Article 6bis))