BREAKING: RMPL (RECORDED MUSIC PERFORMANCE LIMITED) RECEIVES REGISTRATION AS A COPYRIGHT SOCIETY FOR SOUND RECORDINGS [READ CERTIFICATE]
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The DPIIT under the aegis of Ministry of Commerce & Industry has granted certificate of registration to Recorded Music Performance Limited (RMPL) under Section 33(3) of the Copyright Act, 1957 and permitted it to commence and carry on the copyright business in sound recording works. Read certificate here.
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On November 20, 2019 the media and entertainment industry woke up to the breaking news about FIR being filed by Economic Offences Wing (EOW) against one of India’s leading film studio and music label YRF (Yash Raj Films).
The news read as under:
“The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai...
IPRS VS ENIL: DELHI HIGH COURT DECISION- DEATH TO MUSIC PUBLISHING ROYALTIES IN INDIA? [READ JUDGEMENT]
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The end of 2020 and beginning of 2021 saw two landmark decisions which would change the face of music industry in India, the first one being of IPAB’s decision on radio royalties in the first statutory licensing case (Music Broadcast Limited vs Tips Industries Limited & Ors) under Section...
GOVERNMENT HOLDS ANOTHER CLOSED-DOOR MEETING WITH SELECTIVE STAKEHOLDERS ON ISSUES RELATED TO COPYRIGHT SOCIETIES
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The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) held a stakeholder consultation meeting on August 23, 2023, to discuss the following issues related to copyright societies:
Single window system of copyright licensing
Single equitable remuneration
Issue of exemption under Section 52 of the Copyright Act, 1957
Interplay...
UPDATE: IPRS VS ENIL- APPEAL FILED- DELHI HIGH COURT HOLDS THAT SINGLE BENCH DECISION NOT TO BE CITED AS A PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDINGS UNTIL FURTHER ORDERS
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In an appeal filed by IPRS before Delhi High Court against the single bench decision passed by Justice Endlaw on January 4, 2021, the division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Asha Menon on January 14, 2021 issued notice and held that until further orders, the single bench decision...