Read the following statements and choose the correct option.
Under the Copyright Act, 1957:
Statement I: In the case of a posthumous literary work, copyright subsists for sixty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the work is first published.
Statement II: For such works, publication refers to making the work available to the public by issue of copies or by communication to the public.
- ABoth Statements I and II are true
- BBoth Statements I and II are false
- COnly Statement II is true
- DOnly Statement I is true
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
According to Section 24 of the Copyright Act, 1957, in the case of a literary, dramatic or musical work or an artistic work, which is published posthumously, copyright subsists for 60 years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the work is first published. Statement II correctly supplements this as under the general definitions of the Act, publication implies making the work available to the public. Both statements are legally sound and true.