Bollywood Industry Welcomes Government move to Join WIPO Treaties, Stamp mistake costs US Postal Service $3.5 million, YouTube launches Copyright Match Tool to check infringement, Merchandising Cloud Introduced by Tech giants.<\/p>\n
Copyright law has got to give up its obsession with ‘the copy.’ The law should not regulate ‘copies’ or ‘modern reproductions’ on their own. It should instead regulate uses–like public distributions of copies of copyrighted work–that connect directly to the economic incentive copyright law was intended to foster.\u201d
\n\u2015\u00a0Lawrence Lessig<\/p>\n
There is an increase of 28.3% in the total number of copyright applications filed this week as compared to the applications filed last week. A total of 407 applications were filed for copyright registration during the last week. Most of the applications were filed for literary and artistic works. Applications for sound recordings decreased substantially from 55 to 16.<\/p>\n
| S.no<\/td>\n | Types of Work<\/td>\n | Number of Applications filed in the Recent Week (25th June- 30th<\/sup> June, 2018)<\/td>\n| Number of Applications filed in the Recent Week | \n(1st July to 8th July, 2018)<\/td>\n Change<\/td>\n | Percent Change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 1.<\/td>\n | Literary Work<\/td>\n | 158<\/td>\n | 237<\/td>\n | 79<\/td>\n | 50%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 2.<\/td>\n | Musical Work<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n | 7<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | 13.33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 3.<\/td>\n | Artistic Work<\/td>\n | 67<\/td>\n | 81<\/td>\n | 14<\/td>\n | 20.89%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 4.<\/td>\n | Cinematograph Film<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n | 13<\/td>\n | 12<\/td>\n | 120%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 5.<\/td>\n | Sound Recording<\/td>\n | 55<\/td>\n | 16<\/td>\n | 39<\/td>\n | 70.09%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | 6.<\/td>\n | Software<\/td>\n | 33<\/td>\n | 53<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n | 60.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | <\/td>\n | Total<\/td>\n | 317<\/td>\n | 407<\/td>\n | 90<\/td>\n | 28.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | INDIAN COPYRIGHT NEWS<\/strong><\/h2>\nLast week, the Indian government approved the proposal to become a part of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and WIPO Performers and Phonograms Treaty which extends coverage of copyright to the Internet and digital environment. These reforms in copyright law were appreciated by many famous personalities like Mr. Javed Akhtar, who gave full credit to the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (\u201cDIPP\u201d) and The Registrar Copyrights for ensuring that India truly mainstreams its copyright sector into the rapidly growing digital markets. He said this would benefit creators as the Berne Convention will find firm footing in the digital domain, and called it a positive decision in support of artists and the creative sector. Also, the Composer and Director of Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) Mr. Raju Singh said, \u201cIndia is truly now a part of the worldwide market in relation to creative works. The decision of the Cabinet to become part of the internet Treaties is the one thing we need to signify the arrival of India\u2019s truly significant soft power signified by its creative industries. Congratulations to the Government!\u201d<\/p>\n INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT NEWS UPDATE<\/strong><\/h2>\nUnited States Postal Service (USPS)\u2019 mistake on a set of stamps has cost $US3.5 million after it fabricated a replica of a Statue of Liberty image on billions of stamps. \u00a0The suit was filed by the Las Vegas sculptor Robert Davidson against the US Postal Service five years ago for copyright infringement, seeking $3,554,946.95 in compensation, plus interest. He argued that the stamps issued by the US Postal Service in year 2011 bore the likeness not of the original Statue of Liberty, but of the replica he produced for the New York Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. The court noted that \u201cMr Davidson\u2019s artistic creation of the Las Vegas Lady Liberty is highly unique and attractive, which is what prompted the US Postal Service to select a photo of his work for the second ever Forever Stamp, over hundreds of other images.\u201d The Postal Service is liable to pay for copyright infringement of the image of the statue.<\/p>\n YouTube launches Copyright Match Tool to check infringement<\/strong><\/h3>\nMerchandising Cloud Introduced by Tech giants <\/strong><\/h3>\nTake down notices before filing lawsuits<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\nAuthor: BIP\u2019s Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys<\/strong><\/h3>\n\nThe weekly copyright and entertainment law news initiative is a part of their pro bono work, and is aimed at spreading entertainment law awareness. You are free to share the news with appropriate attribution and backlink to the source.<\/p>\n |