Delhi high court dismissed CBFC’s review petition seeking reconsideration of single bench’s decision to allow release of movie Mohalla Assi with ‘A’ certificate. CBFC had refused to grant certificate to Mohalla Assi in April 2014, for reasons that “the movie was full of abusive words, derogatory remarks against a...

CBFC clears Amartya Sen's 'The Argumentative Indian'. Suman Ghosh’s film is allowed to retain mentions of ‘cow’ and ‘Hindu India.’ Image source: here

The Competition Commission has dismissed allegations of abuse of dominance against K Sera Sera Digital Cinema and seven other entities viz. Viacom 18, Aditya Chowksey, UFO Movies India, E-City Digital Cinema, Real Image Media Technology, United Media Works and the Film and TV Producers Guild of India, with regard...

In a petition filed by producer (Manu Kumaran) of the documentary ‘Battle of Banaras’The Delhi High Court quashed a decision of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) refusing to certify for public viewing a documentary chronicling the 2014 campaign for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat involving Prime Minister...

Music streaming company Spotify was sued by Wixen Music Publishing Inc for allegedly using thousands of songs, including those of Tom Petty, Neil Young and the Doors, without a license and compensation to the music publisher. Image source: here

Justice Manmohan Singh (Retired Delhi High Court judge) has been appointed acting Chairperson of Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB). Notification dated Jan 1, 2017 states that : “In accordance with order No:P-24017/44/2017-IPR-I dated 29th December, 2017 of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion), Government...

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has decided to give Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmavati" a U/A certificate and has suggested the director to change the film's title to "Padmavat". Image source:  here

A parliamentary panel has asked the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to evaluate the need to have a separate regulator for broadcasting sector, keeping in view its "tremendous growth". The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) at present acts as the watchdog for broadcasting as well as telecom sectors....

According to media reports, Star India had demanded a 100% hike in the rate calculated on the basis of set top boxes (STB) seeded by SitiCable in the market which has been refused by the latter as the yardstick, countering that most of the channels rides on the popularity...

Amidst widespread speculations that Agnyaathavaasi is a remake of the French film Largo Finch, T-Series which owns the remake rights of the French Film has served a copyright infringement notice to the producers of Agnyaathavaasi and are awaiting a clarification that there is no copyright violation. Image source: here