SHREE KRISHNA INTERNATIONAL FILM PRODUCTIONS VS. GOOGLE INDIA AND YOUTUBE LLC: Revisiting the Intermediary liability jurisprudence in the Indian Copyright law.
Akshat Agrawal -0
After an eight year-long copyright battle, Suneel Darshan, proprietor of the Shree Krishna International film production company, has won a copyright infringement suit against Google India and YouTube LLC. The District court of Gurgaon has awarded damages of Rs. 50,000 in favor of the production company and has restrained...
Guest post: Ankit Relan- Mashups, Cover Versions and all that Jazz under the Indian Copyright Law
Anushree Rauta -
I am pleased to bring to you our first guest post by Ankit Relan. Ankit Relan, is a practicing attorney in the Delhi High Court, and represents some of the biggest names in the film and music industry in India. He handles the copyright and technology law practice at...
New interpretation of Section 31D? Calcutta High Court single bench’s decision in Saregama India Limited vs The New Digital Media & Anr
Anushree Rauta -
While going through Calcutta High Court’s order dated December 22, 2017 in the matter of Saregama India Limited vs The New Digital Media & Anr , a portion discussing Section 31D of the Copyright Act, 1957 caught my attention.
The portion reads as under:
“In any view of the matter even...
For those interested, here is a transcript of the full oral arguments that transpired at the US Supreme Court on 7/10/2020 and here is an audio of the same. If you wish to briefly understand my perspective on US software copyrights, check out Part 1.
BRIEF BACKGROUND TO THE DISPUTE
This...
REPORT: IPRMENTLAW VIRTUAL CONFERENCE – JUNE 21 2020; TOPIC: NEED TO REVAMP THE COPYRIGHT ACT?
Akshat Agrawal -
On the occasion of the Copyright Amendment Act, 2012, we at IPRMENTLAW conducted the biggest copyright virtual conference.
Link to the recording of the conference: here
PANELISTS: (See details here)
Guest of honor: Mr. Raghavendra G.R (Joint Secretary, Department of Justice, Ministry of Law)
Keynote speaker: Mr. Blaise Fernandes (President, Indian Music Industry)
Industry...
I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Anusha Das, a final year student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. Anusha has keen interest in copyright, trademark and media laws and enjoys keeping close tabs on developments in the field. In the course...
TO REGISTER OR NOT TO REGISTER: A CURIOUS CASE OF “SANJAY SOYA PVT LTD V. NARAYANI TRADING COMPANY” – PART 1
Lokesh Vyas -
This is a two parts post. The first part discusses the judgment of the Bombay High Court and the second part analyses the policy implications of Copyright Registration and proposes certain recommendations in this regard.
Copyright Registration: A Convolutional Need?
Question: “Is it necessary to register a work to claim copyright?”...
IPRS PRESS RELEASE: THE INDIAN PERFORMING RIGHT SOCIETY LTD. (IPRS) CLARIFIES THEIR STAND ON TARIFF FOR “LIVE STREAMING OF ONLINE EVENTS”
Anushree Rauta -
The Indian Performing Right Society Ltd. (IPRS) has taken note of inputs and concerns expressed by Singers, Artistes, Friends, Colleagues and Well Wishers, about the proposed IPRS Tariff for “Live Streaming of Online Events”.
By way of clarification, the Tariff was not slated to come into force until it was...
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...
IS A PLOT/ THEME COPYRIGHTABLE? LET US END THE CONTROVERSY AND CONFLICT – DISSECTING LOOTCASE: PART 1
Akshat Agrawal -
This is part 1 of a two-part post and I shall be discussing the court’s take in the Lootcase film decision and its conflicting rationale with the decision in the case of the Singardaan TV series – Link to part 2
Introduction
In the recent decision related to a copyright infringement...