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Prabhas’s Mr. Perfect in trouble, Copyright Office’s circular, Taylor swift plagiarism and more.

  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…

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Restraint on Prasar Bharati, Why BananaIP? , Another suit against Spotify, Botox License and more

Restraint on Prasar Bharati, Why BananaIP?, Another suit against Spotify, Botox License, Music Cross License between Alibaba, and Tencent 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 create something, you don't want someone else to go and profit from it; you have your right to make a living from your work. So I respect copyright.” -- Kim Dotcom INDIAN COPYRIGHTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW…

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Main Stream Piracy, Fake Copyright organization busted, Peps and IP Infringements, YouTube.Mp3 shut down, Star India and IPL and more..

“Fake Copyright organization busted, and 4 arrested for duping over 100 job aspirants, Peps Industries has filed almost three dozen IP infringement cases against competitors, YouTube MP3 agrees to shut down, IFTDA cancels Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s license and more” brought to you by the entertainment law team of BananaIP COPYRIGHT THOUGHT OF THE WEEK “Promotion and Popularity through Piracy is now main stream. May be, it is time for content owners to have a piracy plan for a part of…

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‘Keh Doon Tumhe’ cannot be part of Baadshao, Fight of the Century and piracy, MPPA wins infringement suit in China, Viacom and CIPAM joint efforts and more ..

‘Keh Doon Tumhe’ cannot be part of Baadshao, Fight of the Century pirated over 2.9 million times, Viacom and CIPAM join hands to create awareness against piracy, Amazon Prime to now offer original reality shows, 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 “Privacy as a fundamental right allows a person to prohibit, regulate, and take other actions against any actual and/or foreseeable intrusions into his…

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Right to Privacy and Entertainment, Copyrights and Terrorism, Corruption in IPO, Geronimo Stilton Merchandise and More

"Right to Privacy and Entertainment Industry in India, Copyrights and terrorism- are they linked?,  IPO Official gets 1 year rigorous imprisonment,  Temporary Storage of Digital Content Permitted, Geronimo Stilton merchandise in India courtesy Bran Monk" and more is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm We wish our readers a Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!!! COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK "Privacy is the very essence of human existence. One wonders why the Indian Supreme…

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Game of Thrones and Criminals, Akshay Kumar’s ‘Toilet…Ek Prem Katha’ Relief, Uber’ infotainment, Monkey Selfie case and more.

Court rejects copyright infringement case against Akshay Kumar's Toilet Ek Prem Katha, Uber launches infotainment system, four arrested for leaking GOT episode online, Netflix acquires rights to Baahubali, Monkey selfie case may be settled out of Court, 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…

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Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan’s licensing deals, Lipstick and Harry Ashok Kumar Orders, Kajal Agarwal’s publicity rights, Akshay Kumar Toilet….Relief, Copyright and Bihar and more

  Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan’s licensing deals, Bihar Chief Minister in Copyright trouble, Lipstick and Harry Ashok Kumar Orders, Kajal Agarwal’s publicity rights, Akshay Kumar Toilet….Relief, Copyright and Bihar 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 "Copyrights do not and cannot trump publicity rights, they are mutually exclusive" - Dr. Kalyan INDIAN COPYRIGHTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW UPDATES Bihar Chief Minister in Copyright…

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Akshay Kumar’s Toilet Ek Prem Katha Copyright issue continues, Copyright on Tweets, India’s first B2B licensing show and more

“Judgment in Akshay Kumar’s Toilet Ek Prem Katha Copyright tussle likely on August 5th, Frank Ocean’s T-Shirt at the center of debate over “Tweet” Copyright, Grand Theft Auto makers sued over game character, Publishers, Authors win KinderGuides copyright Case and other entertainment law news” 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 "Can you think of a better way than slavishly copying and removing…

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Akshay Kumar’s Toilet EK Prem Katha in copyright trouble, Game of Thrones: 90 Million infringement, Copyright Board by year end, Netflix’s copyright infringement and more.

“Akshay Kumar’s Toilet EK Prem Katha in copyright trouble, Copyright Board to be functional by end of this year, Netflix accused of copyright infringement, Game of Thrones premier pirated over 90 million times, and other entertainment law news” 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 “Moral rights form the essence of copyright law. When they conflict with economic rights, moral rights must always…

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Shah Rukh Khan‘s Chat Bot, Shemaroo v. Universal Cable Network, Spotify in copyright trouble and more

“Shah Rukh Khan and Chat Bot, Creative Commons Business Strategy, Shemaroo’s Criminal Complaint, Copyright Infringement of Jokes, Spotify’s continuing copyright infringements, Digital Licensing Growth, Licensing Tips, and other entertainment law news,” 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 "Creative Commons has a lot to offer to the entertainment industry provided it is strategically merged with copyright commercialization strategy." - Dr. Kalyan…

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