Music labels act swiftly to silence ‘non-digital’ breachesMusic labels in India are aggressively pursuing legal action against businesses like hotels and restaurants for playing copyrighted music w...
12 Sep, 2025, 10.28 AM IST
Google to sign EU's AI code of practice despite concernsGoogle plans to sign the EU's AI code of practice, designed to help companies adhere to the upcoming AI Act, as announced by Alphabet's glo...
30 Jul, 2025, 12.48 PM IST
EU code of practice to help firms with AI rules will focus on copyright, safetyThe EU unveiled a voluntary AI Code of Practice to aid companies in complying with upcoming AI regulations. Focused on transparency, copyri...
10 Jul, 2025, 03.38 PM IST
Brands play it loud but pay it light, leaving music industry in the redIndia's music industry faces significant revenue loss, estimated at ₹8,000-10,000 crore annually, due to copyright infringements in branded...
28 Apr, 2025, 10.46 AM IST
AI model training on copyrighted data needs public review: IndustryThe industry has urged the government to review the legality of using copyrighted data for AI training, suggesting amendments to the Copyri...
21 Mar, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
Tech giants push to dilute Europe's AI ActThe EU has invited companies, academics, and others to help draft the code of practice, receiving nearly 1,000 applications, an unusually h...
20 Sep, 2024, 04.01 PM IST
DPIIT's withdrawal of a copyright rule order to strengthen rights owners' position: ExpertsLast week, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) withdrew an office memorandum from September 2016 that exten...
26 Aug, 2024, 11.39 AM IST
Music industry hits a high note with Rs 12k-crore revenueIndian music creators generated a revenue of ₹12,000 crore in the previous year, according to a report by EY titled 'The music creator econ...
05 Dec, 2023, 04.26 PM IST
IFPI says Twitter not licensed to play music shared by IT Minister Ravi Shankar PrasadThe Federation of Phonographic Industry, on whose complaint Twitter briefly locked the account of Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad las...
28 Jun, 2021, 06.36 AM IST
Govt notifies Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2021The compliance requirements for registration of software works have been reduced and the applicant can file the first 10 and last 10 pages ...
08 Apr, 2021, 06.51 PM IST
Can income arising on sale of software be branded as 'royalty'? SC settles the debateThe apex court has ruled that any sum paid by resident end users, as consideration for the resale/use of computer software, cannot be typic...
15 Mar, 2021, 10.35 AM IST
Dept for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade reviews 11 acts within its ambit“A review is on of all the acts that fall within the ambit of the department. Our aim is to decriminalise those provisions that have harsh ...
10 Sep, 2020, 11.45 PM IST
Govt proposes changes in copyright rules, may benefit websites, music streaming firmsThese changes are proposed in the Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2019.
03 Jun, 2019, 09.22 PM IST
US keeps India on intellectual property priority watch listOn the other hand, India has always maintained that its IPR regime is in compliance with the global rules including that of the World Trade...
28 Apr, 2017, 06.14 PM IST
Recent developments in intellectual property laws in India- Part 2The Government of India undertook a series of steps, to conform India IP legislation to acceptable international standards.
23 Jun, 2015, 10.29 AM IST
Campuses buzz as photocopier vs publishers case comes upMany copyright lawyers and students have questioned the basis of the lawsuit citing the fair dealing provision of the Indian Copyright Act.
25 Apr, 2013, 11.57 AM IST
- Google in trouble for violating Chinese copyrights
Search engine giant Google is facing accusations that its employees, illegally and without permission, scanned Chinese writers' works into ...
21 Oct, 2009, 12.58 PM IST