law: Copyright Act, 1957 
  14.  [(Note: Subs. by Act 38 of 1994, S.7 (w.e.f.
  
  a date to be notified) Meaning of copyright-
  For the purposes of this Act,
  
  "copyright" means the exclusive right subject to the provisions of
  
  this Act, to do or authorize the doing of any of the following acts in respect
  
  of a work or any substantial part thereof, namely :- 
  a. in the case of a
  
  literary, dramatic or musical work not being a computer programme,- 
  i. to reproduce the
  
  work in any material form including the storing of it in any medium by
  
  electronic
  means,
  ii. to issue copies of
  
  the work to the public not being copies already in circulation,
  iii. to perform
  
  the work in public, or communicate it to the public,
  iv. to make any
  
  cinematograph film or sound recording in respect of the work,
  v. to make any
  
  translation of the work
  vi. to make any
  
  adaptation of the work
  vii. to do, in
  
  relation to a translation or an adaptation of the work, any of the acts
  
  specified in relation to the work in sub clauses (I) to (vi)
  b. in
  
  the case of a computer programme- 
  c. to
  
  do any of the acts specified in clause (a)
  i.to sell or give on
  
  hire, or offer for sale or hire, any copy of the computer programme, regardless
  
  of whether such copy has been sold or given on hire on earlier occasions
  d. in
  
  the case of an artistic work,- 
  e. to reproduce
  
  the work in any material form including depiction in three dimensions of a two
  
  dimensional work or in two dimensions of a three dimensional work,
  i. to issue copies of
  
  the work to the public not being copies already in circulation
  ii. to issue
  
  copies of the work to the public not being copies already in circulation
  iii. to include
  
  the work in any cinematograph film,
  iv. to make any
  
  adaptation of the work
  
                         
  
  
  v. to do in relation
  
  to an adaptation of the work any of the acts specified in relation to the work
  
  in sub clauses (i) to (iv)
  f. in
  
  the case of a cinematograph film- 
  g. To make a copy
  
  of the film, including a photograph of any image forming part thereof.
  i. To sell or
  
  give on hire, or offer for sale or hire, any copy of the film, regardless of
  
  whether such copy has been sold or given on hire on earlier occasions.
  ii. To
  
  communicate the film to the public
  h. in
  
  the case of a sound recording- 
  i. to
  
  make any other sound recording embodying it,
  i. to sell or
  
  give on hire, or offer for sale or hire, any copy of the sound recording
  
  regardless of whether such copy has been sold or given on hire on earlier
  
  occasions,
  ii. to
  
  communicate the sound recording to the public
  Explanation - For the purposes of
  
  this section, a copy which has been sold once shall be deemed to be a copy
  
  already in circulation.]