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Meera Textiles Pvt Ltd, Surat, owns the copyright in a catalogue of written product descriptions prepared by its staff. It wants particulars of the work entered in the Register of Copyrights. Who, under the Copyright Act, 1957, may apply to the Registrar of Copyrights for this entry?
The author, the publisher, the owner of the copyright or any other person interested in the copyright may apply to the Registrar of Copyrights under section 45(1), in the prescribed form with the prescribed fee, for entering particulars of the work in the Register.
- AOnly the author of the work, and no one else
- BOnly a person who holds a licence to use the work
- COnly the Central Government on request of the owner
- DThe author, the publisher, the owner of the copyright or any other person interested in the copyrightCorrect
Explanation
Section 45(1) allows the author or publisher of, or the owner of or other person interested in the copyright in, any work to apply in the prescribed form with the prescribed fee. Limiting the right to the author alone ignores the owner and other interested persons.
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