Copyright Act, 1957
37. [(Note: Subs. by Act 38 of 1994, S.13
(w.e.f. a date to be notified)) Broadcast reproduction right –
(1) Every broadcasting organization shall have
a special right to the know as ‘broadcast reproduction right" in respect
of its broadcasts.
(2) The broadcast reproduction right shall
subsist until twenty five years from the beginning of the calendar year next
following the year in which the broadcast in made.
(3) During the continuance of a broadcast
reproduction right in relation to an broadcast, any person who, without the
license of the owner of the right does nay of the following acts of the
broadcast or any substantial part thereof,-
a. rebroadcasts
the broadcast, or
b. causes the
broadcasts to be heard or seen by the public on payment of any charges, or
c. makes any
sound recording or visual recording of the broadcast, or
d. makes any
reproduction of such sound recording or visual recording where such initial
recording was done without license or, where it was license, for any purposes
not envisaged by such license, or
e. sells or heirs
to the public, or offers for such sale or hire, any such sound recording or
visual recording referred to in clause (C) or clause (d), shall, subject to the
provisions of Section 39, be deemed to have infringed broadcast reproduction
right.