The umbrella legislation relating to copyright is . According to
the Act, the term 'copyright' means the exclusive right to do or
authorise the doing of a 'work' or a substantial part of it. The
term 'work' used here means:- - A literary work:- it includes
computer programmes,tables , compilations and computer
databases. - A dramatic work:- it includes any piece of
recitation, choreographic work or entertainment in dumb show,the
scenic arrangement or acting,whose form is fixed in writing or
otherwise. - A musical work:- it includes works of music, any
graphical notation of such work but does not include any words
or action intended to be sung,spoken or performed with the
music. - An artistic work:- it means a painting,a sculpture,a
drawing (including a diagram,map,chart or plan),an engraving or
a photograph,whether or not they possess artistic quality. It
also includes a work of architecture and any other work of
artistic craftsmanship. - A cinematographic film:- it means any
work of visual recording on any m