Copyright Owners and Public Interest: A Study

Abstract

Owners of copyright may at times refuse to republish or allow the republication or have refused to allow the performance in public of the work which results in withholding from the public such copyrighted work and the members of the public suffer by such acts of the owner. There have been instances, where the owners refused to allow communication to the public by (Broadcast) of such work or in the case of (sound recording) the work recorded in such (sound recording) on terms which the complainant considers reasonable. The Copyright Board has the powers under Sec 31 of the Copyright Act, 1957. When a complaint is made to Copyright Board of such instances, the Copyright Board shall grant the license to the complainant subject to the following conditions.