Section 54 of Copy Right Act - Definition

Section 54: Definition - Copy Right Act 1957

For the purposes of this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression owner of copyright shall include--

(a) an exclusive licensee;

(b) in the case of an anonymous or pseudonymous literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, the publisher of the work, until the identity of the author or, in the case of an anonymous work of joint authorship, or a work of joint authorship published under names all of which are pseudonyms, the identity of any of the authors, is disclosed publicly by the author and the publisher or is otherwise establishment to the satisfaction of the 1[Comnercial Court] by that author or his legal representatives.

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1. Subs. by Act 33 of 2021, s.10, for "Appellate Board" (w.e.f. 4-4-2021).