RE-WRITING OF RULES ON STATUTORY LICENSE MANDATING PRIOR NOTICE BY MADRAS HIGH COURT
Pranita Saboo -0
Introduction:
The concept of statutory licensing was introduced in the Copyright Act vide the 2012 amendments, however, it received its actual opportunity of practical application in 2020, after the applications for statutory licensing of sound recordings were filed by the radio broadcasters before the IPAB.
The order dated 31.12.2020 passed by...
IPRS vs VODAFONE: Vodafone Liable To Pay Royalties To Authors, For Use of Literary and Musical Works
Savan Dhameliya -
Introduction
The case of The Indian Performing Right Society Ltd v. Vodafone Idea Ltd., is a significant ruling for the music industry containing critical aspects of the rights of authors to receive royalties, and particularly concerning the use of literary and musical works in telecommunications.
The Calcutta High Court, in its...
(This post is co-authored with Sneha Jain, Partner, Saikrishna & Associates)
Having first considered the question of whether storing copyrightable works for training purposes is reproduction that amounts to copyright infringement under Section 51 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, in this second post of this series we will specifically...
(Please Note: The issues and arguments presented here are for academic discussion. They do not reflect any personal stance or opinion of IPRMENTLAW).
Recently in Dipak Ranjan Mukherjee v. Ministry of Commerce & Industry certain information was requested under the Right to Information Act, 2005, regarding compliance records, government letters...