• Copyright vests in original work involving skill, labour and judgement in respect of literary works such as books, publications including computer software;
• Artistic works whether usable as trademarks or not;
• Engineering drawings;
• Sound recording;
• Musical work;
• Cinematograph film etc.

Registration under the Copyright Act is not necessary but registration proves useful for the enforcement. In criminal proceedings unregistered copyrights particularly in respect of artistic labels used as trademarks are not given weightage by the Police Authorities.

• 60 Years from the date of first publication of the photograph.
• 60 years in respect of other works from the beginning of the calendar year following the year in which the author dies.

• Copyright may be enforced by actions whether civil or criminal.
• Reliefs allowed are same as in Patents in so far as the civil action is concerned.
• For criminal action the accused may be fined upto two lac Rupees or with imprisonment or with both.

• India is a member of Berne Convention, Paris Convention and Universal Copyright Convention.
• Nationals of member countries can register a foreign work in India even though such work is automatically protected in India under the aforesaid conventions.