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By Hiral Chheda UPDATE: ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED V. MUSICAL.LY, INC. & ORS. In a recent development, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (“Zee”) has filed a suit in the High Court of Delhi against the popular Chinese video content and online sharing APP ‘Musical.ly, Inc.’ (“Musical.ly”). Zee has sought for a...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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. ONLINE INTERMEDIARY – LIABILITY...
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...
INTRODUCTION Recently, Justice A.S. Chandurkar of the Bombay High Court delivered his final verdict on 20.09.2024 as the third referral judge over the issue of constitutionality of Rule 3(1)(b)(v) of the 2023 amendment of Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 and held that the impugned...
The Supreme Court in Just Rights For Children Alliance v. S. Harish has ruled that even viewing child pornographic material on the internet would constitute as an offence of storage or possession of child pornography, with an intention to transmit the same, under Section 15 of the Protection of...

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