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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 and Entertainment Law…
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Copyright quote of the week
“The beauty of Copyright law is it protect you and it provides you the opportunity to honor others” –Peter Smith
Indian Copyrights and Entertainment Law Updates
India may get an intellectual property…
Recently the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden or the Supreme Court of Netherland pronounced an important ruling in a seven-year-long legal altercation, involving the infamous file sharing platform Pirate Bay.
In this case, two internet access providers (IASs), Ziggo and XS4ALL, has subscribers who were using the platform Pirate Bay to upload and share several copyrighted works. Such sharing and uploading being completely unauthorized by the respective right holders. The proceedings were brought before the Court by Stichting Brein, an organization…
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Copyright quote of the week
"Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device" --Lawrence Lessig
Indian Copyrights and Entertainment Law Updates
Bangalore…
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Copyright quote of the week:
“The copyright bargain is a balance between protection for the artist and the rights for the consumer.”
-- Robin Gross
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Ola caught in copyright infringement row
The music company, Lahari Recording, had filed a police…
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Copyright quote of the week:
“I believe in copyright, within limited precincts. But I also believe in fair use, public domain, and especially transformation” - David Shields
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Mahesh Babu…
Narendra Hirawat & Co. (Appellant/Original Plaintiff)
Vs.
M/s. Alumbra Entertainment & Media Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. (Respondents)
THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
COMMERCIAL APPEAL (L) No. 30 OF 2017
Brief facts:
The blockbuster movie “Sarkar” was released in 2005 starring the legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan. The film was produced by K Sera Sera Productions Ltd., (hereinafter referred to as KSS). A sequel movie “Sarkar Raj” was released in the year 2009. This case revolves around the agreement between…
Indian Copyrights and Entertainment Law Updates, International Copyrights and Entertainment Law Updates, BIP Tip of the week and more presented by the Media & Entertainment Law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm.
Copyright quote of the week
“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…
Thinking, understanding, reasoning, and articulating creativity is very difficult, if not impossible. Creativity is shapeless, and any defined approach to creativity defeats its ends. It is into this unstructured, boundless, and absolutely free world that the concept of intellectual property was introduced. IP, in its unduly glorified form, seeks to give shape to certain understandable elements of creativity and endeavors to protect the same.
Copyrights seek to capture some elements of expression, Patents elements of invention, and so on. By laying…
Indian Copyright and Entertainment Law News and Updates, International Copyright and Entertainment Law Updates, Entertainment Trademark Updates, Licensing and Merchandising Updates, BIP Tip of the Week and more presented by the Media & Entertainment Law Attorneys and Experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm.
Copyright Quote of the Week
“A brainy person does not abuse copyright; instead he respects it and upholds it.” – Maximillian Degenerez.
Indian Copyrights and Entertainment Law Updates
Gautham Gambhir moves to court for restraining a Delhi Pub…