A STUDY ON COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP BY SMALL ENTITIES IN CHENNAI

AUTHOR – JEEVA. J, STUDENT AT SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW, SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL SCIENCES (SIMATS), SAVEETHA UNIVERSITY

BEST CITATION – JEEVA. J, A STUDY ON COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP BY SMALL ENTITIES IN CHENNAI, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (11) OF 2025, PG. 355-379, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344

ABSTRACT:

Copyright is generally owned by the creator of the work in the first instance. However, copyright ownership depends on a number of different things such as the type of work created or how the work was created, for example by an employee as part of their job. Determining who owns copyright in a work can be complex.Copyright ownership is separate from owning the physical object/work. Just because you physically own an item does not mean that you will own the copyright in the item. An author or creator may sell you their work, but they will retain ownership of copyright. Unless you made an agreement with the author/creator to transfer copyright, you will not own copyright. The creator will still have the right to reproduce, publish or communicate the work (as well as grant those rights to other people) that you own. If you do not own copyright in the work, you will not be allowed to use it without permission from the author or creator. The study deals with empirical research i.e., non-doctrinal study. It deals with both primary as well as secondary sources of data and various secondary sources like books, articles, research papers etc. were used as reference. The method of collecting is through a direct survey method by people’s opinion and answers to the questionnaires.Convenient sampling method was used for the purpose of this study. There are a total of 200 samples collected with regard to this study.The independent variables are Age, Gender and Education qualification. The statistical tool used is SPSS.

KEYWORDS: Copyright, publication, registration, ownership, infringement, small entity.