Consider the following statements in respect of protection of copyright in India I. Copyright is a legal right given to creators of literacy, dramatic, musical and artistic works and produces of cinematograph films and sound recordings. II. Copyright prot

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Q: 74 (CDS-II/2009)
Consider the following statements in respect of protection of copyright in India
I. Copyright is a legal right given to creators of literacy, dramatic, musical and artistic works and produces of cinematograph films and sound recordings.
II. Copyright protects only the expression and not the ideas. There is no copyright in an idea.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

question_subject: 

History

question_exam: 

CDS-II

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0,14,16,16,0,14,0

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{'copyright': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'legal right': [6, 0, 3, 3], 'cinematograph films': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'creators': [0, 0, 2, 0], 'artistic works': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'protection': [8, 1, 6, 26], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13]}

The correct answer is option 3, i.e., Both I and II.

Statement I states that copyright is a legal right granted to creators of various creative works such as literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, as well as to producers of cinematograph films and sound recordings. This is indeed correct. Copyright protection allows creators to have exclusive rights over their works, preventing others from using, reproducing, or distributing them without permission.

Statement II states that copyright protects the expression of ideas and not the ideas themselves. This means that copyright does not grant protection to abstract ideas or concepts but only to the specific manner in which they are expressed by the creator. This is also correct as copyright law aims to protect the originality and expression of creative works rather than the underlying ideas.

Therefore, both statements I and II are accurate in describing the protection of copyright in India.