Bombay High Court Restrains Legends League Cricket from Using PPL's Repertoire
The Bombay High Court granted an interim injunction in favor of Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL), restraining Legends League Cricket (LLC) from playing copyrighted sound recordings during the 2026 tournament. The court observed that...
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) vide it’s circular dated 17 October, 2018 has proposed an amendment to the decade-old Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Act, 2007 and has sought feedback on the plan.
The Act requires private sports broadcasters such as Star India and Sony...
A. An Old Melee
The elemental difference between Intellectual Property Rights and Property Rights is the presence in the former. The established concept of property rights majorly entails the economic right of the owners and considers property as an instrument of earning for the owner. Conversely, Intellectual Property ...
GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR A
STAKEHOLDER MEETING TO DISCUSS ISSUES PERTAINING TO COPYRIGHT
The Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT) called for a meeting on February 13, 2020 in New Delhi
to discuss the stakeholder issues pertaining to copyrights, the provisions
under the Copyright Act, 1957...
CALCUTTA HIGH COURT REFUSES TO STAY RELEASE OF BENGALI FILM “BRAHMA JANEN GOPON KOMMOTI”
In a writ petition filed by Subhadep Adhikari challenging the release of the Bengali film “Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti’ on the ground that it hurts the religious sentiments of the...
You’d probably be living under a rock
if you haven’t heard of or seen the whole episode where Kunal Kamra has been
banned by several airlines from flying with them after he posted a video of
Arnab Goswami in an Indigo flight asking him to answer some of his questions
and...
A recent judgement in the matter of Shivani Tibrewala vs. Rajat Mukherjee came as a respite to the makers of the movie ‘Umeed’ which might finally release three years post its scheduled release. This is a case that has lingered on for quite some time giving major headaches to...
Excel Entertainment seals landmark deal with Universal Music Group
Excel Entertainment, co-founded by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, has entered into a strategic partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG), constituting one of the largest minority-stake investments in the Indian entertainment sector. Pursuant to the...
This post will go on to compare the rulings in the recent landmark decision by the DB of the Delhi HC in the case of Amazon v. Amway (covered herein on the blog), with the decision rendered by the learned single judge earlier in the case of...
Delhi High Court Shields News Broadcaster TV9 from YouTube Copyright Strikes, Affirms Fair Dealing and Bars Groundless Threats
In Associated Broadcasting Company Ltd. (TV9) v. Google LLC & Ors., the Delhi High Court granted summary judgment in favour of TV9, declaring that its use...
