Copyright

Cinematograph Film

Cinematograph film includes thesound track, if any. It also includes any work produced by any process analogous to cinematography. A video film is considered to be a work produced by a process analogous to cinematography. A movie may be taken of a live performance like sport events, dramatic or musical performance.

In the case of cinematography film, copyright means the right to do or authorize the doing of any of the following acts, namely-

1. to make copy of the film;
2. to cause the film, in so far as it consists of visual images, to be seen in public and, in so far as it consists of sounds, to be heard in public;
3. to make any record embodying the recording in the part of the sound track associated with the film by utilizing such sound track;
4. to communicate the film by broadcast.