Dilip Soni (Human) 27 December 2010

Copyright of Translated Works

I have just finished the translation into Gujarati of an English book published in the USA. It took me and my collaborator 2 years of work. We are in the process of negotiating with the original publishers.

My intention is to be fair both to the original author as well as to us.

I would like clarification as to the copyright of the Gujarati translation:

1. To whom does the copyright belong under the international copyright law state?

2. What does the Indian copyright law say about this issue?

3. What does the Indian law say with respect to fair use of the translated material.

Thank you very much for your help.

Peace.

Dilip Soni

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Nagaraja B S (Corporate Commercial & IP Lawyer) 07 March 2011

Dear Mr. Dilip,

Please find below response to your queries

1. To whom does the copyright belong under the international copyright law state?

2. What does the Indian copyright law say about this issue?

3. What does the Indian law say with respect to fair use of the translated material.

For the translation & distribution of book there should be prior approval from the original author. Definitely you need to pay royalty.

For more details Contact

Nagaraj

Trademark Attorney & IP Lawyer

IP Lex Global Services

Email: nagaraja_bs@iplexglobal.in

Mob: 9902007635

Mallik Karra (Done with AIBE) 15 March 2011

Dear Dilip,

Can you please answer the below questions to understand your situation:

Q) Have you started working on this translation after negotiations or are you going to negotiate it now after the completion.......... if you have negotiated earlier what are the terms.....