Burda Media sells Southeast Asia-focused business to Jaipur CapitalGerman media giant Burda Media has sold its Southeast Asia operations, BurdaLuxury, to Singapore's Jaipur Capital. This move allows Burda M...
01 Apr, 2026, 08.22 PM IST
Copyright Violation: Delhi HC orders actor Rakshit Shetty's production house to pay Rs 25 lakh to MRT MusicKannada production house Paramvah Studios must pay Rs 25 lakh to MRT Music for unauthorized song use in 'Bachelor Party'. The Delhi High Co...
01 Apr, 2026, 02.31 PM IST
Delhi High Court issues notice to OpenAI in copyright infringement caseThe Delhi High Court has issued a notice to OpenAI over a copyright infringement case filed by Indian music companies, claiming unauthorise...
17 Feb, 2025, 07.53 PM IST
Music publishers sue AI company Anthropic over song lyricsUniversal Music, ABKCO, and Concord Publishing have filed a lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, accusing it of using copyrighted song lyr...
19 Oct, 2023, 09.32 AM IST
Dua Lipa faces $20 million copyright claims over Levitating song. Know detailsWill Dua Lipa pay USD 20 million to singer Basko Kante for violating copyright claims? What kind of infringement she has committed?
02 Aug, 2023, 09.04 PM IST
Playing Bollywood songs at wedding ceremonies not a copyright infringement, clarifies govtThe government has clarified that playing Bollywood music at weddings and associated festivities will not lead to copyright infringement ac...
27 Jul, 2023, 12.09 PM IST
Music publishers sue Twitter for allowing copyrighted songsA group of 17 music publishers sued Twitter in Nashville, Tennessee, federal court on Wednesday, accusing the company of enabling thousands...
15 Jun, 2023, 07.59 AM 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 to consider proposal to allow multiple copyright bodies for music, filmsSeniors officials in the commerce and I&B ministries told ET that the move is being discussed to benefit regional players, break the monopo...
09 Nov, 2020, 11.59 PM IST
Industry body IAMAI says FIR against ShareChat an act of overreachEarlier in the week, the Yeshwantpur Police in Bengaluru registered an FIR against ShareChat for alleged copy rights violation based on a c...
13 Mar, 2020, 05.28 PM IST
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 ...
11 Mar, 2020, 11.34 PM IST
India’s stand on IPR policy clear now: Nirmala SitharamanThe Cabinet approved the National Intellectual Property Rights Policy to encourage innovation and improve access to healthcare, food securi...
17 May, 2016, 02.57 AM IST
Delhi High Court imposes Rs 10 lakh fine on Ram Gopal Verma for remaking 'Sholay'The judgement was delivered on a lawsuit filed by Sascha Sippy, son and grandson of original Sholay's producers Vijay Sippy and G P Sippy.
01 Sep, 2015, 12.20 PM IST
- Music industry upbeat over HC order on online piracy
Music industry has termed as "landmark" the Calcutta High Court order which it thinks will put a leash on the scourge of online piracy.
22 Mar, 2012, 01.08 PM IST
Facebook cuts ties with Project PlaylistJust days after MySpace made a similar move, Facebook on Tuesday said it was removing a Project Playlist application from the social networ...
25 Dec, 2008, 02.12 AM IST
- Downloading ringtones, playing music in public might be illegal
While phone chips have joined the ranks as an instrument for physical form of piracy, public performance of music also comes under the ambi...
02 Mar, 2008, 11.30 AM IST
- Global music companies in fresh China piracy suit
Three of the world’s most influential music labels launched fresh legal action against China’s top internet search engine Baidu for piratin...
06 Feb, 2008, 12.00 AM IST