{"id":1502,"date":"2019-11-29T09:22:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T03:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sudeepaudio.com\/blog\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2023-03-29T14:06:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T08:36:10","slug":"a-simple-guide-to-copyright-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sudeepaudio.com\/saundcheck\/a-simple-guide-to-copyright-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"A Simple Guide to Copyright (part 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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…continued from part 3<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Relevance of copyright in the monetisation of your works<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

For monitoring both the sound recordings and the underlying works [i.e. musical works, and literary works], you need a copyright society to monitor your monetisation opportunities. A copyright society is a registered, collective administration society under Section 33 of the Copyright Act, 1957. Such a society is formed by authors and other owners. A copyright society can issue or grant licences in respect of any work for which it is authorised to by the authors or owners of the work.<\/p>\n

As authors and other owners of copyright in works cannot keep track of all the uses of their work, the copyright society is able to keep a vigil and undertake due diligence over the uses and collect royalties from the users of those works.<\/p>\n

To repeat, the function of a copyright society is to administer the business of issuing and granting licenses with respect to a copyright held by the authors and other owners of the work. A copyright society also undertakes collection of royalties and its disbursement.<\/p>\n

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Copyright Societies<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Presently there are three registered copyright societies in India listed on the copyright.gov.in website, namely \u2013<\/p>\n

I.<\/strong> For literary works and musical works: The Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS) here >><\/a><\/p>\n

II.<\/strong> For Reprographic (photo copying) works: Indian Reprographic Rights Organisation (IRRO) here >><\/a><\/p>\n

III.<\/strong> For Performer (Singers\u2019) Rights: Indian Singers Rights Association (ISRA) here >><\/a><\/p>\n

There also exist the below relevant bodies:<\/em><\/p>\n

IV.<\/strong> As a songwriter, you have the right to collect publishing royalties for the usage of your song. One such revenue stream is performance royalties, owed to the songwriter or to the publisher whenever a song is:<\/p>\n