Reasons Why Copyright Registration is necessary For Copyright Protection of Creative Work ~ Legal Service India

There are a bundle of benefits associated to registration of Creative Work and
therefore it is highly recommended, one Should Copyright their Creative work
These benefits include:

1.  Infringement Action: Copyright Registration Gives you the legal
   Right to file a lawsuit against the infringers to enforce copyright.

   You must file an application for registration before you can sue someone for
   infringing your copyright, even if the infringement has already occurred.
    

2. Copyright Registration is Evidence of Validity of Creative Work: It is evidence that your copyright is valid. This
   could be important if a copyright infringement case is brought involving the
   work.

   Filing your registration before or within 5 years of publishing your work
   will help you in the event that you need to bring a copyright infringement
   lawsuit in court. Your registration will satisfy a basic level of proof for
   the court of the validity of your copyright. This does not mean that your
   claim of copyright ownership is guaranteed. However, instead of having to
   prove that you are the actual copyright owner or that your work is protected
   by copyright, the other party will have to prove that you are not or that
   your work is not. While this may not seem like much of a distinction, you
   are in a stronger position in court if the presumption of copyright
   ownership is on your side.
    

3. Statutory Damages and Advocate’s Professional Fees: Registration also
   enables you to claim statutory damages and Advocate’s Professional Fees.

   To be eligible for an award of statutory damages and attorneys’ fees in a
   copyright infringement case, the copyrighted work must be registered before
   infringement commences, or, if the work is published, within 3 months of
   publication. The statutory damages provision may be of help because
   copyright owners – particularly individual creators – often find it
   difficult to calculate and prove exactly the extent to which an infringement
   has harmed them. When applicable, statutory damages for infringing uses of a
   work usually entitle you to a pre-determined amount of damages.
    

4. Copyrighting Creates a Public Record: It puts others on notice that your work is
   protected by copyright and that you are the copyright owner.

   Registration provides notice to the world of your copyright claim. Among
   other things, this helps people who wish to license your work to ascertain
   the status of your work and to find you.
    

5. Satisfies Deposit Requirements: Subject to some exceptions, the
   Copyright Act requires that copyright owners deposit two copies their works
   with the Library of Congress within three months after the works have been
   published. This is commonly referred to as mandatory deposit. When a
   registration application is submitted to the Copyright Office the copies of
   works submitted with that application usually satisfy the Library’s
   independent deposit requirements.

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