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Black & white then, colour now, whose cinema it is?According to the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, the copyright of a film expires 60 years after its release. After the copyright expires, an IP...
Instagram, YouTube music use could be costing India’s music industry Rs 350 crore a yearIndian music labels face over Rs 350 crore annual sync revenue loss. Unlicensed music use on social media platforms causes this significant...
'Teaching' AI isn't theft, yetDelhi High Court refused to halt OpenAI's use of ANI content for ChatGPT training, ruling it qualifies as fair dealing for research under c...
Delhi HC rejects ANI’s interim injunction plea against OpenAI, says AI training prima facie ‘fair dealing’The Delhi High Court has refused to stop OpenAI from using news agency ANI's content. Storing public content for AI training may be fair de...
Delhi HC rejects ANI’s interim injunction plea against OpenAI, says AI training prima facie ‘fair dealing’The Delhi High Court has refused to stop OpenAI from using news agency ANI's content. Storing public literary works for AI training may qua...
Lights, camera, AI: For entertainment companies, a prompt may come with copyright headacheIndian entertainment firms are heavily investing in AI for content creation, but a lack of clear copyright laws is creating significant own...
Telegram vs MeitY: From takedown orders to temporary ban, a look at the history of clashes with the social media platformMeitY’s most severe platform-wide intervention latest flashpoint in long history of clashes between Telegram and authorities in India.
PPL India gets statutory backing for licensing sound recording rightsPhonographic Performance (PPL India), representing over 500 music labels, has officially received registration as a copyright society under...
Bombay HC admits Preity Zinta plea against social media, AI firms in deepfake disputeThe Bombay High Court has permitted Preity Zinta to sue over a dozen firms, including social media and AI websites, for infringing her pers...
New AI law will guard rights of content creators: expertsExperts hailed the proposed AI law as "timely" given the explosive growth of AI-generated content. This rapid development has the potential...
Indian publishers seek rules for copyright protection against generative AI modelsDigital News Publishers Association (DNPA) has sent a letter and made representations to the ministries of electronics and information tech...
Live feed from foreign jurisdiction and money earned from that isn’t royalty: Tax rulingThe tax department on the other hand said that the entire income was taxable in India as per the India-Singapore tax treaty. The tax depart...
Star & Disney seeks to end TRAI jurisdiction over broadcastersThe move has come in the wake of the Registrar of Copyrights inviting suggestions on the amendment of the Copyright Act in the light of cha...
Rise in internet usage amid pandemic may lead to amendments in the Copyright ActThe government has reached out to the industry to elicit its views on the changes needed. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Inte...
FIR registered against ShareChat for alleged copyright violationThe music company, in its complaint, said it owns the audio rights of many movies, but Mohalla Tech, which owns ShareChat, has facilitated ...
'Event organisers to pay royalty to use copyrighted songs'The court was hearing an application moved by the three societies against its December 23, 2016 decision restraining them from granting any...
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.
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.
Social media sites may face new challenge in India and elsewhereFacebook, Twitter, Google, Youtube and other web platforms are also under fire for hosting so called objectionable content.
- T-Series notice to websites for copyright violation
After initiating legal proceedings against Google-owned YouTube and Yahoo for copyright infringement, music giant T-Series said that it had...