Copyright PiracyIntroduction: Today's world has entered an era of instant communication. A person sitting in the remotest corner of India can enjoy live performances taking place in distant places like America or Africa, thanks to electronic (parallel) media. The telephone and fax made it possible to communicate oral or written messages around the world in seconds. Computer-assisted communication technologies such as email and the Internet have added a new dimension to today's communication process by making it faster, more informative, and more economical. The ways in which different types of information can be communicated have also undergone an epochal change. Nowadays, a movie song can be entered or accessed via a single device along with a text message and even a painting. Although all this has made communication between people more effective and efficient in terms of both time and cost, it represents the greatest threat to the world of copyright. Modern communication channels, being heavily dependent on a variety of copyrighted products, are subject to large-scale piracy if adequate precautions are not taken. Copyright is the right conferred by law on the creators of literary, dramatic, musical and other kinds of works. other works of the mind. It normally means that only the creator has the right to make copies of his works or, alternatively, prevents everyone else from making such copies. The basic idea behind such protection is the premise that innovations require incentives. Copyright recognizes this need and gives it legal sanction. Furthermore, the commercial exploitation of copyright yields revenue to creators and thus offers pecuniary rewards to individual creativity. The origin of copyright is... middle of paper... legitimate shares.1. Literary works2. Sound recordings3. Cinematographic works4. Computer SoftwareCinematic Works:Cinematic Works: When we discuss copyright in film, there are four distinct groups. A theater's original producers, who are the sole rights holders, can sell theatrical rights, video rights, cable rights, commercial rights, and satellite rights. In the eyes of the law, copyright in cinema has five components and each of the five components is in turn divided into three distinct parts. These are:1. Film rights Theatrical Non-theatrical Public videos.2. Ancillary rights Airline Ship Hotel3. Video rights Home rental Home visible Commercial.4. Pay TV Rights Terrestrial Cable Satellite.5. Free TV rights Terrestrial Cable Satellite.