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Meera Publishers, Pune, finds that the Register of Copyrights spells the author's name of its registered novel as 'Sunita Deshpnde' instead of 'Sunita Deshpande'. Who may amend the Register for this error under the Copyright Act, 1957, and by which provision?
The Registrar of Copyrights may correct the misspelt author name under Section 49, which covers errors in any name, address or particulars, in prescribed cases and subject to prescribed conditions. It does not require a High Court order.
- AThe Registrar of Copyrights, under Section 49, as an error in a nameCorrect
- BThe High Court only, under Section 49, on a civil suit
- CThe Registrar of Trade Marks, under Section 45
- DThe Central Government, under Section 48, by notification
Explanation
Section 49 lets the Registrar of Copyrights, in prescribed cases and on prescribed conditions, correct any error in a name, address or particulars. A misspelt author name is exactly this kind of error. The High Court's power is under Section 50 for rectification, not the Registrar's routine correction.
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