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Aarav, a Pune novelist, finishes a manuscript and hands it to a printer who produces copies and sells them to bookstores. Under the Copyright Act, 1957, what is the meaning of 'publication' as applied to this book?

Publication means making a work available to the public by issue of copies or by communicating the work to the public. Merely writing the manuscript, giving it to a printer, or registering it does not amount to publication under Section 3 of the Copyright Act, 1957.

  1. AMaking the work available to the public by issue of copies or by communicating the work to the publicCorrect
  2. BRegistering the work with the Registrar of Copyrights
  3. CWriting the work down in any material form
  4. DDelivering the manuscript to a printer or publisher

Explanation

Section 3 defines publication as making a work available to the public by issue of copies or by communicating it to the public. Handing a manuscript to a printer or merely writing it down does not make it available to the public. Registration is not what defines publication.

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