Book Copyright in India

As soon as the author pens down the book, he owns the copyright over his work. However, there is always a need of written registration. Copyrighting a book is imperative today. With book stores mushrooming all over the place and online stores taking over the market, copyright over a book prevents the stores, both online and physical, from buying a copy and publishing it copies. For different books there are different copyright guidelines, for a book solely based on facts, copyright follows a narrow spectrum whereas for something like a novel, it extends to a wider frame and covers almost everything that is there in the book. However, if you know about how to copyright a book,  you will find out that copyright registration is not that difficult of a task..                   

Copyright prevents copying but it does not guarantee any law using which you can stop simultaneous creation of the work done by you. So to avoid this predicament, an author should always strive for registering his work as soon as he incepts the idea and sets his foot on it. Once the book is registered it is basically a prior intimation to the world that this is your work and one will require your consent to republish it in parts or wholly. On the other hand, having failed to register a book, an author might have to struggle later to prove that the plagiarised book has been his creation and the person who has plagiarised his work accessed it before it could be published.

Eligibility Criteria for Book Copyright

Make sure that your book is an original one and free from plagiarism, that’s the only eligibility criteria to obtain Book Copyright.

Documents Required for Book Copyright

In regard to Copyright, A Book following documents are needed

• NOC of the Author
• NOC of the Publisher
• 2 Copies of the Work

Process for Book Copyright

The copyright registration process for a book is a long one, and it involves a lot of legal requirements. However, all of that can be compressed into the following points:

1. Perform a copyright registration search to see if the book of the same name, content and nature is already copyrighted
2. File the application for copyright registration along with a copy of the work you want to copyright.
3. Wait for the copyrighted material to be published
4. It shall stay in the journal for a while.

Once you get the copyright registration, the benefits come then. However, the time it takes for the process to be completed can take even years.

Our Assistance to file the Book Copyright

We, at Registrationwala, provide end-to-end solutions for Book Copyright. Our services include:

·         Collection of information and starting the process

·         Drafting the application

·         Reviewing the draft and making changes if necessary

·         Filing the application of Book Copyright

Registrationwala.com is a leading legal consultancy firm providing comprehensive services relating to Book Copyrighting.

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