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Copyright Act, 1957 · Chapter V: Term of Copyright

Section 27: Term of copyright in sound recording

In the case a [sound recording] copyright shall subsist until [sixty years] from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the [sound recording] is published.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in), the consolidated text published by the Legislative Department, Government of India. Text as updated on India Code on 15 October 2026. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.

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