“The right to be attributed as an author of a work is
not merely a copyright, it is every author’s basic human
right”
The copyright law in India is in equal parity with the standards
set by the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPS). The Copyright Act, 1957 (the Act) has
evidenced amendments on quite numerous occasions, pursuant to which
it clearly reflects the features of the Berne Convention for
Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, 1886 as well as the
Universal Copyrights Convention.
For keeping up with the international requirements of
organisation and harmony, the Act has effectively brought the
Indian copyright law on the same lines as that of the developments
in the technology sector. The Act provides for the minimum
standards for safeguarding the rights of the authors and to protect
and reward their creativity. The protection is awarded to the
creativity of the artists, writers,
