Since January 2010, there was a study conducted in July 2009 until late December 2009, and an estimated 9 million E-books were illegally uploaded, shared, or downloaded. Nonetheless, the number of downloaded E-books calculated an estimated 3 billion dollar loss as suffered by the E-book publishing companies.

Publishers are more concerned when it comes to E-book piracy and are seeking solutions to this problem. Like any other copyright law applied on any written publication or works, copyright law on eBook is also similar. Here too the author enjoys copyright protection from form the time the book has been created. However, the ease of copying and distributing e-books has lead to an increased threat of distributing pirated versions brings in other copyright issues which continue to evolve and be the subject of debate.

Rights of a Copyrighted E-book

Just like any typical printed work, E-book copyrights provide the exclusive rights of it only to the author or the creator of the E-book. The law strictly states that it does not provide any rights to any individuals who physically possess the E-book. So the purchasing or the downloading of an E-book does not include any copyright rights.

What is E-book Piracy?

Electronic piracy is one of the largest growing cybercrimes occurring across the globe today. Piracy involves the illegal obtaining and sharing of electronic media such as movies, music, software, and E-books.

E-book piracy is shooting up, especially with the increase of modern devices such as the iPad and the Kindle which gives a whole new field of opportunities to E-books. As reflected on the sales of digital books which are at a rapid increase and so is the demand for electronic books. Although not as popular in music piracy or software piracy, E-book piracy is becoming more abundant and becoming more of a problem. As piracy directly affects copyright laws, it is a direct copyright infringement.

Registration Process: Copyright for E-Book

1. Discuss a copyright expert: about the category of Copyright registration.
2. Filling the Application
3. Examination of application: it is scrutinized by an examiner of authority.
4. In case of an objection: filed the authorities send out letters to the concerned parties.
5. Registration: Once everything is cleared from the side of registrar's end the applicant received and owner of that copyright can legally exercise all rights of copyright.
6. Required information for the registration of copyright

• Personal Information:- Name, address, and nationality of the applicant. Nature of the applicant whether he is owner and representative of that particular application.
• Nature of work:- Class & description, the title of the work. The language of the work should be mention in the application.
• Date of Publication:- If the possible date of publication in interval magazines should be mention.

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