DPIIT withdraws 2016 order to extend scope of a copyright rule to internet transmissions

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Thursday said that it has withdrawn an office memorandum of September 2016 on extending the scope of a rule of copyright law to internet transmissions under the purview of the Copyright Act.

The DPIIT said that in light of the decision of the Division Bench of High Court of Bombay in the matter of Tips Industries Ltd vs Wynk Music Ltd, the office memorandum issued by the department on September 5, 2016 is “hereby rescinded”.

“This is regarding withdrawal of the office memorandum issued by the DPIIT on September 5, 2016 extending the scope of Section 31D to internet transmissions for clarity of the Indian as well as foreign internet streaming platforms as well as right holders,” the DPIIT said in a memorandum, dated August 21, 2024.


This section talks about statutory licence for broadcasting of literary and musical works and sound recording.