Copyright in Films and Plagiarism

Abstract

We aim to identify how movie films and cinemas are being protected from being copied and duplicated. The act of infringing the existing copyright is understood to be a civil wrong but it also does contains the elements of a criminal wrong as well. The word plagiarism and copyright infringements are two different poles and no way similar to one another. The concepts are used interchangeably but are gravely misunderstood and wrongly used. The uniformity is found within the legislation of copyright fundamentally. The conceptual clarity of the terms is mentioned in vivid and expressive methods. Emphasis on the concept of how infringement has a wider reach than plagiarism is also covered. Without this comparative study, the purpose of the submission would have not been met. The paper further talks about how the copyright issues persist and crop up and its infringement are being done while the creation of other optical videotaping and audiotape creation. There is a list of the documents which are crucial and of grave importance. The submission also answers questions such as whether permission is always required to use another film in the creation of a new film. The paragraphs of the submission deal with this kind of question to male it widely clear as to why they use of the copyright is prominent. Also questions concerning the orphan's work and whether the title of a film is subjected to be registered is also addressed. A lengthy case analysis is also included for reference purposes. The case was set on appeal till the Supreme Court and this case is considered to be one of the most prominent landmark judgments of copyright law in India. A mention of plagiarism and movies is mentioned toward the end of the submission as well.