Kantara Movie : Kerala court returns second plaint filed against Hombale Films alleging copyright infringement. with this, there are no interim orders in force against the use of "Varaharoopam" song
Rishab Shetty's blockbuster Kannada movie Kantara, and its music composer B Ajaneeshh Loknath soon faced allegations of copyright infringement...
AMITABH BACHCHAN PERSONALITY RIGHTS CASE: DELHI HIGH COURT GRANTS EX-PARTE OMNIBUS ORDER RESTRAINING INFRINGEMENT OF AMITABH BACHCHAN’S PERSONALITY RIGHTS
The Delhi High Court on November 25, 2022 passed an interim order restraining persons at large from infringing the personality and publicity rights of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. Justice Navin Chawla noted:...
Bombay High Court Restrains Saregama From Infringing Shemaroo's Copyright In 'Disco Dancer' Movie, Allows London Show To Go On
The Bombay High Court passed a temporary order restraining Saregama India Limited from infringing Shemaroo Entertainment Limited's copyright in the Mithun Chakraborty starrer Disco Dancer.
Though the interim order extends to performance...
Bengaluru Court orders blocking of Twitter handles of Bharat Jodo Yatra and Congress Party in a copyright infringement suit
In a copyright infringement suit filed before a Bengaluru Court, the Court ordered blocking of Twitter handles of Congress Party and Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Court while arriving at this decision...
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to release revised Uplinking and Downlinking Guidelines 2011 within a month
The Information & Broadcasting (I&B) secretary revealed that the I&B Ministry will release the revised Uplinking and Downlinking Guidelines 2022 within a month. The revised guidelines are set to de-regulate upliknking.
In satellite telecommunication, a...
Kantara: Court directs the makers to stop playing ‘Varaha Roopam’ song in theatres
The Kozhikode sessions court issued an injunction barring the makers from playing the 'Varaha Roopam' song, after receiving a plagiarism lawsuit from the popular Malayalam music band, Thaikkudam Bridge. The song is also barred from all the...
Allahabad HC quashes FIR against Flipkart, holds that U/Sec 79 of IT Act 2000, it is exempted from any liability
The Allahabad High Court while quashing an FIR lodged against Flipkart, observed that the company is exempted from any liability under Section 79 of the IT Act, 2000, no violation...
Expert Opinion of Dr Arul Scaria in Phonographic Performance Limited vs Lookpart Exhibitions and Events Private Ltd. is taken on Record (see here).
The parties settled the settled out of court and the Court (merely) took the expert opinion on record noting “. . . the valuable assistance rendered by...
Ministry Issues Advisory Against Advertisements Of Betting Still Visible On Television And Digital Media
I&B Ministry has issued two Advisories, one for private television channels and the other for digital news publishers and OTT platforms strongly advising them to refrain from showing advertisements of online betting sites and surrogate advertisements...
Single-window clearance likely for theatres in upcoming model policy
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry is working on a model theatre policy, in consultation with all state governments, to roll out a pan-India, single-window clearance system, to help revive the sector, ravaged by the covid-led disruptions.
According to government data, since 2017,...
