While the global media and entertainment (M&E) sector has seen recovery as well as significant growth after the pandemic, online piracy has also been growing with estimates that the illegal pirate video services will be a $67 billion industry by 2023. Between January 2022 and August 2022, a significant...
In the past two years, the Central Government has slowly but steadily moved towards the decriminalisation of offences based on industry feedback that antiquated laws hamper the ease of doing business in India. There is also a school of thought that decriminalising certain economic offences will reduce the immense...
One industry that took off massively during the pandemic was the media and entertainment industry, and with the content churned out by the platforms day in and day out, it has become crucial to upgrade the legislative ecosystem to keep up with the evolution. One such issue that was...
With the rapid expansion of digital technology, internet piracy has only increased and has therefore become a major concern for the creative community which includes writers, performers, lyricists and copyright owners. According to a June 2019 study conducted by the Global Innovation Policy Centre (an affiliate of the U.S....
ABOUT AUTHOR: Ms. Rabia Bari, Associate, Charts & Anti Piracy, Indian Music Industry (IMI)
Introduction
Nudge theory is not a panacea to the problem of digital music piracy but can be an additional remedy to combat digital piracy in the Indian recorded music industry.
This blog is based on IMI findings and...
“Rachnatmak Bharat, Abhinav Bharat” (Creative India, Innovative India)- this slogan was the backbone of the National IPR Policy (hereinafter referred to as Policy) that was launched on 12th May, 2016. To realise this objective, the Policy focussed on various facets of intellectual property development, ranging from the commercialisation of...
The BCCI will be conducting the IPL Media rights auction any time now and per newspaper reports the bidding will be fierce given that both TV broadcasters and tech giants will be putting in their bids. The last time the final bid for 5 years was a whopping Rs...
About Author: Keshab Roy Choudhury is a fourth year student at Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat. He is interested in IP and competition law.
I. Introduction:
The WIPO has recognized the importance of leveraging the power of IP to protect the commercial interests of the various participants in the...
About the Author: Vanshika Arora is a 5th Year Law Student pursuing B.B.A.LL.B from Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA. She has a keen interest in the field of Intellectual Property Law and Media & Entertainment Law.
Introduction
Recently, the Supreme Court of India sparked the conversation regarding the aspect of film promos...
About Author: The author is a B.A. LL. B graduate from ILS Law College, Pune (Batch: 2014-19) and currently practices intellectual property laws.
Introduction
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MEITY”) and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (“MIB”) has on 25th February 2021 published and notified the Information Technology...
