Question

Read the following statements and choose the correct option. Under the Copyright Act, 1957: Statement I: In the case of a posthumous literary work, copyright subsists for sixty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the work is first published. Statement II: For such works, publication refers to making the work available to the public by issue of copies or by communication to the public.

• A. Both Statements I and II are true
• B. Both Statements I and II are false
• C. Only Statement II is true
• D. Only Statement I is true

Hint:

For copyright duration questions, always identify whether the work is ordinary, anonymous, pseudonymous, cinematographic, or posthumous because each category has a separate computation rule.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Know the law.
The Copyright Act, 1957 protects the works of authors. It also covers posthumous works, that is, works published after the author dies.

Step 2: Check Statement I.
For a posthumous literary work, copyright lasts 60 years counted from the start of the calendar year after the year of first publication. So Statement I is correct.

Step 3: Check Statement II.
The Act says publication means making the work available to the public by issuing copies or by communicating it to the public. So Statement II is correct.

Step 4: Compare both.
Both statements simply repeat what the Act provides. There is no error in either.

Step 5: Rule out wrong options.
Since both are true, options saying only one is true or both are false do not fit.

Step 6: Final answer.
Both statements are true.
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