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Section 2(xa) defines RMI to mean the title or other information identifying a work or performance, the name of the author or performer, the name and address of the owner of rights, terms and conditions regarding the use of the rights, and any number or code that represents this information (although it does not include any device or procedure intended to identify the user). Section 65B not only criminalises certain acts relating to RMI but also states that rights owners would be entitled to avail of certain civil remedies. The prohibited acts include the unauthorised removal or alteration of RMI on copies of works, or the unauthorised and knowing distribution, importation, broadcast or communication to the public of such copies of works.
The scope of Section 19A which deals with the resolution of disputes with respect to the grant of rights (caused by the unilateral insufficient exercise of the rights granted) has been limited to assignments (as opposed to assignments and licences, as was the case earlier). Disputes under the Section are now generally be settled within six months after the receipt of a complaint by the Copyright Board, and the Board may now also pass interim orders regarding implementation of the terms and conditions of assignment including any consideration to be paid for the enjoyment of the rights assigned.
The new Section 31D enables any broadcasting organisation desirous of communicating to the public by way of a broadcast or by way of performance of a literary or musical work and sound recording which has already been published to do so by paying royalty to the copyright owner. (Details here.) The rates of royalty under both these statutory licences are to be fixed by the Copyright Board, and the Sections contain detailed procedures to be followed by those wishing to avail of these statutory licences.
officer) -- that infringing copies be treated as prohibited goods for not more than one year under certain circumstances, by following the procedure laid down in the Section.