There are the following steps for Copyright registration in India
- An application for registration of Copyright shall include all the particulars and statements that the owner of the work shall file in the format of Form IV.
- The application shall be filed before the Registrar of Copyrights with the required fees as applicable to the office of Registrar at New Delhi, India. Registration of Copyright for separate works requires separate applications.
- After the application is filed, the Registrar of Copyrights checks and examines the and after 30 days from the date of filing either registers it or if any discrepancy is found then a letter is issued to the Applicant to resolve the discrepancy within the prescribed time of 30 days. If the applicant fails to reply to the letter or fails in resolving the discrepancy, then the application shall be deemed to be abandoned.
- On the other hand, if the Registrar of Copyrights to his satisfaction finds the reply reasonably correct, then the applied work details shall be entered in the Register of Copyrights.
- The Registrar of copyrights shall issue the Registration Certificate to the applicant, also known as the Extract of such Register of Copyright.
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