Delhi High Court Restrains Food Outlets Sandoz and Gola Sizzlers From Playing Copyright Music of PPL
Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL), a performance rights organization, had filed copyright infringement suits against certain food outlets for playing its sound recordings without a license.
The court held that a case for grant of ex-parte...
Twitter appoints personnel in compliance of with new IT Rules
Twitter has appointed Chief Compliance Officer, Nodal Contact Person and Resident Grievance Officer in compliance of IT Rules, 2021. Twitter has appointed these individuals as employees and not ‘contingent workers’ and has also provided names of the said appointed personnel...
Delhi High Court restrains Goldmines Telefilms from uploading songs owned by T-Series in copyright infringement suit
The Delhi High Court has ordered Goldmines Telefilms not to upload music from 14 Hindi films to YouTube after T-Series asserted copyright infringement in its complaint. T-Series claimed that it had acquired and owns...
MUMBAI COURT ISSUES SUMMONS TO AUTHORS OF MAFIA QUEENS OF MUMBAI, PRODUCERS OF GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI, AND ALIA BHATT IN A CRIMINAL DEFAMATION COMPLAINT
A Metropolitan Magistrate at Mumbai has issued summons to the authors of the book, Mafia Queens of Mumbai, the producers of Gangubai Kathiawadi, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and...
Comedian Vir Das in trouble for making objectionable comments in his latest YouTube video
A complaint in Delhi and one in Mumbai have been filed against the Actor and Comedian, Vir Das, for his latest YouTube video. The complaint states that the comedian has willfully incited and made derogatory comments...
Unhappy Directors plan to take legal action against the Federation of Cine Technicians & Workers of Eastern India.
This week, news broke out that the Directors’ Association of Eastern India (DAEI) has decided to take legal action against the Federation of Cine Technicians & Workers of Eastern for allegedly unconstitutional...
Govt comes up with accessibility standards for hearing impaired on TV channels
The government has come up with new accessibility standards, under which almost all television channels will have to ensure that they either carry captions or sign language to help the hearing impaired understand the programming. The Ministry of...
Supreme Court stays order of the Gujarat High Court which directed fresh apology from newspapers for wrong court reporting
The Gujarat High Court declared that the newspaper's August 23 apology was not displayed in bold or in a conspicuous manner. A Gujarat High Court judgment demanding a new apology from...
Supreme Court Refuses To Stop Streaming Of Reality Show ‘Lock Upp’ Over Copyright Infringement Dispute
The relief was sought against an ad-interim Special Leave Petition against the judgment dated 26th February, 2022, passed by the Telangana High Court setting aside the ad-interim injunction granted by the Trial Court against...
Govt issues new guidelines to curb misleading ads; bans surrogate ads
The government announced new guidelines to curb misleading advertisements and endorsers by banning surrogate ads, while imposing strict norms for those advertisements that seek to lure consumers offering discounts and free claims.
The new guidelines on "Prevention of Misleading Advertisements...
