KARNATIK MUSIC VOCALIST TM KRISHNA CHALLENGES THE IT RULES, 2021 BEFORE MADRAS HIGH COURT
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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...
“The Internet never sleeps; and the internet never forgets”. This statement appositely describes the presence of Internet in our lives and the characteristics that it portrays. Posting things on the Internet gives access of it to people all around the world in no time. This characteristic of Internet has...
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...
GUEST POST: RAMIT RANA AND AMAN SAGA: CONTOURS OF INTERMEDIARIES’ LIABILITY IN COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT THROUGH INTERNET MEMES
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We are pleased to bring to you our next guest post co-authored by Ramit Rana and Aman Sagar. Ramit is the founding Partner at STEP NEXT LEGAL, New Delhi. He is a Practising Advocate at the Delhi High Court, and other lower Courts of Delhi with over five years of...
I. INTRODUCTION
Newspapers are a daily source of information and entertainment that had ceased physical distribution in many parts of the country amidst the lockdown. However, many publications conquered this adversity by making available their publications digitally.
M/s. Jagran Prakash Ltd. (“Plaintiff”) is the owner of physically distributed newspaper Dainik Jagran,...
LOCKER ROOM TALK IS NOT OKAY: A TALE OF SICKENING MINDSETS AND THE NEED TO RETHINK INTERMEDIARY LIABILITY.
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This is not the first time that we’ve come across the dark side of social media but this is most certainly one that has shook us to the core. For those of you unaware of what I am talking about, there was a group on Instagram by the name...
SHARECHAT FIR: REIGNITING THE INTERMEDIARY INFRINGEMENT LIABILITY VERSUS SAFE HARBOUR PROTECTION DEBATE
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By Anushka Verma
Recently, an FIR was filed against ShareChat, an application owned by Mohalla Tech for an alleged copyright violation. The FIR was lodged in Bengaluru on the basis of a complaint made by a music production company, Lahari Recording. The complainant is the owner of copyright over various...
SHREE KRISHNA INTERNATIONAL FILM PRODUCTIONS VS. GOOGLE INDIA AND YOUTUBE LLC: Revisiting the Intermediary liability jurisprudence in the Indian Copyright law.
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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...
DELHI HIGH COURT FINDS PEWDIEPIE’S SONGS RACIST AND DEROGATORY; DIRECTS IMMEDIATE REMOVAL FROM YOUTUBE [READ ORDER]
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The ongoing battle for being the most viewed Youtube Channel between T-Series and Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg (a.k.a PewDiePie) have been making headlines. When T Series recently took over as the most viewed Youtube Channel, in a bid to outscore T-Series and regain its top position, PewDiePie uploaded two...
I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Sudarshan Mohta. Sudarshan is a Mumbai based lawyer pursuing media and entertainment laws and is currently working with Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. He also works with SheSays India, an NGO voicing and championing women’s rights.
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