Copyright and Neighbouring Rights
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Ownership of
15.-(I) The right in a work
copyright
protected under this Act shall be owned
in the first instance by the author or
authors who created the work.
The
authors of a work of joint authorship
shall be co-owners of the said rights.
(2)
work,
the
In respect of audio-visual
original
owner
of the
economic right shall be the. co author of
the audio-visual work who, in the
absence of proof of the contrary, shall
be presumed to be the author of the
scenario, the author of the dialogue, the
composer of the music specifically
created for the audio-visual work, the
director, provided that he has exercised
actual supervision and made an actual
intellectual contribution to the creation
of the work. The author of pre-existing
works included in, or adopted for, the
.