Copyright Registration

Copyright registration can be obtained for any works related to literature, drama, music, artwork, film, or sound recording. Copyrights are given to mainly three classes of work, and each class has its distinctive right under the copyright act.

• Original literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works comprise the copyright for books, music, painting, sculpture, etc.
• Cinematography films are another class of copyright that consists of any work of visual recording on any medium.
• Sound recordings have a distinctive class under the copyright act that consists of a recording of sounds, regardless of the medium on which such recording is made or the method by which the sound is produced.