Indian Copyright Statistics, UGC approved regulations on plagiarism, Emraan Hashmi’s Cheat India in copyright trouble, Sony Music issues legal notice to T-Series, Stranger Things creators accused of copyright infringement, Star Sports bags BCCI media rights\u00a0and more are presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India\u2019s Premier New Age IP Firm.<\/p>\n
“It is hard to see how the Copyright Office can rise to the many challenges of the 21st<\/sup> Century that you do without dramatically more independence and dramatically more flexibility.”- Ted Deutch<\/p>\n There was a decrease of 24.21% in the total number of copyright filings compared to the last week. A total of 144 applications were filed for copyright registration during the last week. While most of the applications were filed for literary works and only one application was filed for registering Sound Recordings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n UGC APPROVED REGULATIONS ON PLAGARISM<\/strong> Stranger Things Creators accused of copyright infringement<\/strong> Star Sports Bags BCCI Media Rights<\/strong> Before filing a copyright infringement suit, it is advisable to conduct a comprehensive comparison of both works to ensure that the infringing work is substantially similar to the original work. Mere copying of a theme or concept would not give rise to copyright infringement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This weekly update examines key legal developments in Indian and international copyright law, including UGC\u2019s plagiarism regulations and recent copyright disputes in the entertainment sector. The post also features industry statistics and practical legal guidance for copyright compliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":15,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,22],"tags":[8991,6632,3076,8990,1019,8992,8993,8989],"class_list":["post-43237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-copyrights","category-intellectual-property","category-ip-commercialization-licensing","tag-bcci-media-rights","tag-copyright-law-india","tag-copyright-statistics","tag-emraan-hashmi-cheat-india","tag-entertainment-law-india","tag-sony-music-legal-notice","tag-stranger-things-copyright","tag-ugc-plagiarism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43237"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136850,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43237\/revisions\/136850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n Sr. No<\/td>\n Types of work<\/td>\n Number of Applications previous week<\/td>\n Number of Applications this week<\/td>\n Percentage change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1<\/td>\n Literary Works<\/td>\n 112<\/td>\n 94<\/td>\n 16.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2<\/td>\n Musical works<\/td>\n 23<\/td>\n 21<\/td>\n 8.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3<\/td>\n Artistic works<\/td>\n 32<\/td>\n 15<\/td>\n 53.17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4<\/td>\n Cinematograph Films<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n 2<\/td>\n 100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5<\/td>\n Sound Recordings<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6<\/td>\n Software<\/td>\n 22<\/td>\n 11<\/td>\n 4.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n Total<\/td>\n 190<\/td>\n 144<\/td>\n 24.21%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n INDIAN COPYRIGHTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW UPDATES<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\n\u00a0<\/strong>The University Grants Commission approved the Draft UGC (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations 2018.\u00a0 According to this Draft Regulation, a teacher whose research paper is plagiarised between 40 to 60 percent \u00a0will be debarred from supervising Masters\/Phd or Mphil students for two years. Moreover, a \u00a0teachers whose research papers is plagiarised over 60 percent can be either suspended or dismissed.\u00a0 The Draft Regulation will be notified after receiving approval from the HRD Ministry.
\nEMRAAN HASMI\u201dS CHEAT INDIA IN COPYRIGHT TROUBLE<\/strong>
\nEmraan Hasmi\u2019s maiden production Cheat India landed in copyright trouble after the Delhi based film-makers, Dinesh Gautam\u00a0 and Imran Zahid accused it of copyright infringement. The filmmakers claimed that Cheat India\u2019s storyline is copied from their film titled Marksheet. They alleged that they have earlier shared their story with producer and director Mahesh Bhatt, who is associated with the film Cheat India. The filmmakers\u00a0 have filed an official complaint with the Writers\u2019 Association.
\nSONY MUSIC ISSUES LEGAL NOTICE TO T-SERIES<\/strong>
\nThe Mirror reported that Sony Music India has issued a legal notice to the producers and music partners of Tiger Shroff\u2019s Baaghi 2. The Notice alleged that the producers and\u00a0 their Music Partner T-Series used the hit song \u201cMundiyan To Bach Ke Rahim\u201d in the film without taking permissions from Sony.\u00a0 \u201cWe have not given permission to T-Series and have already issued a takedown notice to them\u201d said Sony India\u2019s spokesperson in his statement.<\/p>\nINTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW UPDATES<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nThe Netfilix hit series Stranger Things\u2019 creators the Duffer Brothers are being sued by \u00a0director, Charlie Kessler who claims that they lifted the ideas for the Series from his 2012 short film. Charlie Kessler claims that he screened his short film titled Montauk to the Duffer Brothers in 2014 with the hope of developing it into a full-length feature film. Charlie Kessler alleges that Stranger Things features a number of elements that are similar to his film Montauk including children with enhanced thoughts and ability\u00a0 and a military facility that carries out experiments on humans and a monstrous create from another dimension.<\/p>\nLICENSING AND MERCHANDISING NEWS<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nBroadcasting giant Star India on Thursday bagged the media rights of the Indian national team\u2019s home series as well as domestic cricket for the next five years. \u00a0Star has successfully overtook \u00a0the bids of \u00a0Sony and Reliance Jio for the Global Consolidated Rights for all tournaments starting from April 2018 to March 2023.<\/p>\nCOPYRIGHT TIP OF THE WEEK<\/h2>\n