Copyright Licence, Publishing and Content Agreements
A copyright licence gives someone permission to do something with a work while the author keeps it, and the error that runs through Indian content contracts is drafting a licence as though it were an assignment, or an assignment as though the American work-for-hire doctrine applied here.
- 10 pages
- 124
- Word and PDF
- 14 September 2026
The 3 formats inside
- 1Publishing agreementCopyright Act 1957, s.18, s.19, s.30 and s.30AOn its own₹149
- 2Content commissioning agreement with assignmentCopyright Act 1957, s.17, s.18 and s.19On its own₹149
- 3Licence to use a photograph or artworks.30, Copyright Act 1957On its own₹149
Read the opening
The first part of “Publishing agreement”, as it downloads. Blanks are highlighted.
PUBLISHING AGREEMENT
THIS PUBLISHING AGREEMENT is made at [Place where the agreement is made] on this [Day of the month the agreement is made] day of [Month the agreement is made], [Year the agreement is made].
Between
1. [Name of the author], son / daughter of [Author's father's or husband's name], aged about [age] years, residing at [Author's residential address], holding Permanent Account Number [Author's PAN], hereinafter referred to as the “Author” (which expression includes his heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives), of the ONE PART;
And
2. [Name of the publisher], a company incorporated under the Companies Act 2013, having its registered office at [Publisher's registered office address], bearing Corporate Identity Number [CIN], Permanent Account Number [Publisher's PAN] and Goods and Services Tax Identification Number [GSTIN], acting through [Publisher's authorised signatory name], [designation], hereinafter referred to as the “Publisher”, of the OTHER PART.