GUEST POST: PRANITA SABOO: NO 36-HOUR RESTRICTION IN TAKE-DOWN NOTICE SENT BY COPYRIGHT OWNER TO INTERMEDIARY?
Anushree Rauta -0
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...
Guest Post: Rishubh Agarwal: A Discourse on the Constitutionality of the ‘progressive’ IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
Akshat Agrawal -
About the Author: Rishubh Agarwal is a 4th Year, BBA LL.B (Hons.) student at Jindal Global Law School
Introduction
In a sovereign democracy, it is both implied and fundamental that the government serves to ‘protect’ its citizens, if we draw from the idea that the government is of, by and for the...
KARNATIK MUSIC VOCALIST TM KRISHNA CHALLENGES THE IT RULES, 2021 BEFORE MADRAS HIGH COURT
Anushree Rauta -
Karnatik music vocalist TM Krishna has filed a petition before the Madras High Court challenging the constitutionality of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“IT Rules, 2021/ Impugned Rules”) seeking a declaration that the IT Rules, 2021 is ultra vires both the Constitution...
Saregama has moved Delhi High Court against Mohalla Tech Private Limited, the holding company of the short video format platforms “Sharechat” and “Moj” alleging infringement of their copyright.
Last year, Saregama and Sharechat had inked a global licensing deal which enabled use of Saregama catalogue for social media experiences on...
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RULES 2021- USHERING IN A STRICT REGIME OF INTERNET CENSORSHIP FOR INTERMEDIARIES AND DIGITAL MEDIA
Angad Makkar -
Introduction
On 25 February 2021, the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (the Rules) were notified in the official gazette. While the basic structure of the Rules aligns with that discussed in a previous article on our blog previewing the Rules (available here), a detailed...