law: Copyright Act, 1957 
  69. Offences by companies – 
  (1) Where any offence under this Act has been
  
  committed by a company, every person who at the time the offence was committed
  
  was in charge of, and was responsible to the company for, the conduct of the
  
  business of the company, as well as the company shall be deemed to be guilty of
  
  such offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished
  
  accordingly.
  Provided  that nothing contained in this sub
  
  section shall render any person liable to nay punishment, if he proves that the
  
  offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due
  
  diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.
  (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub
  
  section (1), where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company
  
  and it is proved that the offence was committed with the consent or connivance
  
  of, or is attributable to any negligence on the part of , any director, manager,
  
  secretary or other officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or
  
  other officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be
  
  liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.
  Explanation –  For the purposes of
  
  this section- 
  a. "company" means any body
  
  corporate and includes a firm or other association of persons, and
  b. "director" in relation to a
  
  firm means a partner in the firm.