01 December 2017

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Nagarjuna’s Son’s Film and Copyright Infringement, Trai Backs Net Neutrality, White Paper on Data Protection and More Weekly Copyright and Entertainment Law News and Updates

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Indian Copyright Statistics, Nagarjuna's Son's Film and Copyright Infringement, Justice Krishna's White Paper on Data Protection Released for Public Comments, Gaana and Saavn to work with Independant Artists and more is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK Is settling with pirate a new option to manage/ control large-scale copyright infringement? Isn’t joining hands with pirates a wrong precedent?- Dr. Kalyan C Kankanala INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS There was a decrease of 27% in the total number of copyright filings compared to the last week. A total of 165 applications were...

17 November 2017

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Weekly Copyright and Entertainment Law News: Music labels impleaded in ISRA’s suit, Pirates of the Caribbean plagiarized?, Chennai’s Technology and Innovation Support Centre and more

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Indian Copyright Statistics, Technology and Innovation Support Centre, Disney Accused of Copying Pirates of the Caribbean Plots, Performer’s Rights Dispute and more is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK “It is not what an author or performer fees, it is about what kind of right the law provides to them with respect to royalty” - Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS There was a decrease of 26.97% in the total number of copyright filings compared to the last week. A total of 186 applications were filed for copyright registration...

10 November 2017

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Weekly Copyright and Entertainment Law News: Enforcement Directorate and Production Houses, Thor: Ragnarok Merchandises, TuneIn and Copyright Infringement and More

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Indian Copyright Statistics, Thor: Ragnarok Merchandises, Enforcement Directorate and production houses, TuneIn Copyright Infringement and more is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK “If you don’t move to protect copyright, if you don’t move to protect our children, it is not going to sit well ”- Barbara Boxer INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS There was a decrease of 16.72% in the total number of copyright filings compared to the last week. A total of 244 applications were filed for copyright registration during the last week. While most of the...

03 November 2017

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Weekly Copyright and Entertainment Law News: Phablet Art and Copyright, Screen Shots and Copyright Infringement, YRF Partners With Google Allo and More

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Indian Copyright Statistics, Phablet Art and Copyright, YRF Partners with Google Allo, Screen Shots and Copyright Infringement and more is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK “I believe in copyright, within limited precincts. But I also believe in fair use, public domain and transformation”- David Shields INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS There was an increase of 96% in the total number of copyright filings compared to the last week. A total of 293 applications were filed for copyright registration during the last week. While most of the applications were filed...

27 October 2017

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Weekly Copyright and Entertainment Law News: Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s Mersal Row, T-Series’ Copyright Compensation, Copyright Office relocated, Golmaal again merchandises and more

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Indian Copyright Statistics, Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s Mersal Row, T-Series Compensation in a Copyright Infringement Suit, Copyright Office Relocation, Golmaal Again Merchandise in India and more is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK "Unfortunately, viewing pirated films online has always been a norm rather than an exception." - Dr. Kalyan C Kankanala INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS There was a decrease of 1.9% in the total number of copyright filings compared to the last week. A total of 149 applications were filed for copyright registration during the last week. While most...

13 October 2017

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Weekly Copyright and Entertainment Law News: Playboy Investment, Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s Meresal trade marks, Scheduled Tribes and YouTube, Research Gate and copyright infringement, RCB merchandises, novelists and licenses and more

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Indian Copyright Statistics, Ilayathalapathy Vijay's Mersal Trade Marks, Schedule Tribes Commission Summons YouTube, RCB to Enter into Merchandise Business, Vodafone ties up with YuppTV to expand Live TV series and more is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Merchandising is not an additional element of creative content licensing, it is an integral part of it”- Kalyan INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS There has been an increase of 98% in the total number of copyright filings compared to the last week. A total of 299 applications were filed for copyright...

06 October 2017

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Weekly Copyright and Entertainment Law News: Abhishek Bachchan’s Film in copyright row, Re-tweeting and Copyrights, OTT Production company launched, Comic Con India and Archie Comic deal and more

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Indian Copyright Statistics, Abhishek Bachchan’s Film in copyright row, BananaIP Seminar, Re-tweeting and Copyright Infringement, Comic Con India and Archie Comic licensing deal and more is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK “You will only have copyright in a society that places a very high value on the individual, the individual intellect, the products of individual intellect.” - Tim Parks INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS There has been an increase of 41% in the total number of copyright filings compared to the last week. A total of 213 applications were filed...

29 September 2017

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Weekly Copyright and Entertainment Law News: Ilayaraja and Smule, Bananaip’s Upcoming Seminar, Copyright Office Updates, Dutch Court and The Pirate bay and more

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Indian Copyright Statistics, Ilayaraja's sends legal notice to Smule, Copyright Office to publish application details, The Pirate Bay to be blocked and more is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK Monitoring and taking down infringing digital content is the key to internet/digital licensing success.-Kalyan INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS There was an increase of 196 % in the total number of copyright filings compared to the last week. A total of 225 applications were filed for copyright registration during the last week. While most of the applications were filed...

22 September 2017

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Weekly Copyright and Entertainment Law News: Prabhas’s Mr. Perfect in trouble, Copyright Office’s circular, Taylor swift plagiarism and more.

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Indian Copyright Statistics, Prabhas’s Mr. Perfect in copyright soup, Taylor Swift sued for plagiarism, The Jungle Book licensing deals and more is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Creativity is a virtue: and creators virtuous” –Kalyan INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS A total of 76 applications were filed for copyright registration during the last week. While most of the applications were filed for literary works only two applications were filed for registering Sound recordings. Sl no Types of works Number of Applications 1 Literary Works 46 2 Musical works 3 3 Artistic Works 13 4 Cinematograph Films 1 5 Sound Recordings 2 6 Software 11 Total 76 INDIAN COPYRIGHTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW UPDATES Prabhas’s Mr....

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