PARLIAMENT
PANEL ASKS I&B MINISTRY TO INCLUDE ''FAIR-USE'' CLAUSE IN CINEMATOGRAPH
BILL
A parliamentary standing committee has noted that the amendments proposed in the Cinematograph Act, 1952, to check film piracy do not provide for “adequate safeguards” to the people who share film clip on various social media...
IMI PRESS RELEASE: INDIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY, HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON CASHFLOWS, HIT HARD BY CORONAVIRUS; SMALLER LABELS FACE EXISTENTIAL THREAT
The Indian Music Industry’s members whose existence is solely dependent on releases of feature films, public performance revenues from events and concerts amongst others have started to suffer on account...
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) issued a meeting notice on February 11, 2020 calling for a stakeholders meeting to discuss issues pertaining to copyright, the provisions under the Copyright Act, 1957 and the rules formed thereunder. The meeting was scheduled on February...
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...
In what is being termed as a David vs. Goliath litigation, West Publishing Corporation and Thomson Reuters Enterprise (proprietors of the premium legal research tool “Westlaw”) have lodged in a Copyright Infringement claim and a Tortious interference action against ROSS Intelligence, a new and upcoming Machine Learning oriented solution...
Bombay City Civil Court refuses to restrain release of web series Scam 2003: The Curios Case of Abdul Karim Lala Telgi in a plea filed by Abdul Telgi’s daughter
Bombay City Civil Court on December 23, rejected a plea seeking temporary injunction on the release of the web series: Scam 2003:...
I. Introduction:
On November 09, 2022, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB)’s Broadcasting wing passed guideline for uplinking and downlinking of television channels (“Guidelines”) that extends to whole of India and has come in effect from November 09, 2022. The Guideline has replaced the previous two guidelines for uplinking...
Background
In recent proceedings, the Madras High Court asked the government to decide upon the need for an amendment to the Sports Act, 2007, so as to allow Doordarshan to stream sporting events of national importance on its ‘Over The Top’ (OTT) platforms....
HIGH COURT ASKS TV CHANNELS TO NOT ADD DEFAMATORY CONTENT MATERIAL On hearing the plea, Delhi High Court passed an interim order asking media houses to ensure that no defamatory content be uploaded on social media platforms or displayed on their channels. The lawsuit was filed by Bollywood...
I. Introduction to ‘Code of Best Practices for Online Curated Content Providers’ and ‘Self Regulation for Online Curated Content Providers’.
At the start of 2019, the Internet and Mobile Association of India (“IAMAI”) had introduced a document titled ‘Code of Best Practices for Online...
