IPL 2026: 986 runs, two 260+ chases, and the night the bowlers sufferedIPL 2026: A remarkable Saturday in T20 cricket saw record-breaking scores and successful chases. KL Rahul's 152* and a 15-year-old's centur...
26 Apr, 2026, 12.03 PM IST
Warner Chappell Music launches direct publishing operations in India; Jay Mehta to lead unified WMG strategyWarner Chappell Music has launched direct operations in India, shifting from sub-publishing to a full-scale local presence. This move aims ...
22 Apr, 2026, 10.14 AM IST
Music to ears: Give quality, will payIndian consumers are starting to pay for quality. Gen Z listeners are switching to paid music streaming subscriptions. This trend is pushin...
13 Apr, 2026, 11.16 PM IST
When music isn't just about the note but about 'notes', tooMusic is emerging as a valuable asset class with singers and composers launching their own labels to make more money in royalty payments.
27 Feb, 2026, 08.22 PM IST
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
Music royalty kitty crosses Rs 700 crore in 2024 on boost from streamingIndia's music royalty collections surged to over ₹700 crore in 2024, marking a 42% year-on-year increase and a fourfold growth in five year...
31 May, 2025, 01.05 AM IST
From Arijit Singh to Anirudh Ravichander: Indian artists' royalty income soars as Spotify makes big payoutsSpotify's report shows that in 2024, 90% of songs on India's top 50 playlist were by local artists. Royalties for Indian artists singing in...
18 Mar, 2025, 03.10 PM IST
Room for music royalty collection to grow: Union Minister Piyush GoyalUnion minister Piyush Goyal has said the music industry's royalty collections have jumped 10 times to around Rs 550 crore in the last two y...
07 Nov, 2023, 11.59 PM IST
Indian Performing Right Society moves NCLT against Zee Entertainment, files insolvency plea claiming Rs 211-cr duesA Petition has been filed against the Company under Section 9 of the IBC by the IPRS, an Operational Creditor, before the NCLT, Mumbai Benc...
02 Jan, 2023, 08.48 PM IST
T-Series agrees to join IPRS, ending years of tiffThe decision will add over 15,000 hours of music to the society’s catalogue, including 200,000 titles and over 50,000 music videos across o...
31 Mar, 2021, 07.45 AM IST
IPAB allows IPRS to collect royalties from FM Radio Stations for its membersThe tribunal, headed by chairman Justice Manmohan Singh and technical members N Surya Senthil and SP Chockalingam, pronounced the judgement...
04 Jan, 2021, 05.35 PM IST
Indian Performing Rights Society wants royalties for music used by telcosIPRS sent notices to carriers including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and Reliance Jio Infocomm last month to sign licensing...
16 Feb, 2018, 11.21 AM IST
Javed Akhtar brings music fraternity together to create brand new IPRSThe new Indian Performing Rights Society board is chaired by the legendary lyricist.
21 Dec, 2017, 01.08 PM IST
Robbing composers and lyricists of royalties: The row over money and melodyTop music labels have been accused of robbing composers and lyricists of royalties amounting to hundreds of crores.
16 Nov, 2017, 12.27 PM IST
Onerous licensing regime killing legal digital musicOne of 4 major legal music streaming services - Dhingana - shut down, leaving Gaana.com, Saavn & Hungama as remaining digital music outlets...
20 Feb, 2014, 10.58 AM IST
Music directors slam labels for "stealing royalty", signing fake agreementsThere has been a flood of talent in recent years into the film industry, and artistes, especially those who aren’t at the very top, are con...
17 Jul, 2013, 12.49 PM IST
- The film industry finds itself caught in a struggle to adapt copyright laws to new technology
A Javed Akhtar may get Rs 5L for every song he writes, but even he can’t deny that many people contribute to enhancing the song’s appeal.
15 Sep, 2011, 12.13 PM IST