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CREA TIVEFIRST COPYRIGHT 101

The author of a work may relinquish all or any of the rights comprising the
copyright in the work by giving notice in the prescribed form to the Registrar
of Copyrights or by way of public notice, and on receipt of such notice, the
Registrar of Copyrights shall cause it to be published in the Official Gazette
and in such other manner as he may deem fit. However, the relinquishment of
the copyright in a work shall not affect any rights subsisting in favor of any
person on the date of the notice. (Section 21 of Copyright Act, 1957).

For instance, an author may feel that the public should be able to utilize his
works freely such as in case of a patriotic song, and thus chooses to relinquish
his copyright completely thereby putting the work in public domain.

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