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Amitabh Bachchan sends copyright infringement notice to Aam Admi Party Leader Kumar Vishwas, Dhinchak Pooja’s videos taken down from YouTube due to copyright infringement claims, Monkey-Selfie Copyright suit returns to Court, IIFA comes out with official merchandise and more

Copyrights & Entertainment Law News: Indian Copyright and Entertainment Law Updates, International Copyright and Entertainment Law Updates, Entertainment 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 “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…
July 14, 2017 Copyrights, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 633Views 0Like
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Legal row over Half Girlfriend, Google directed to de-index infirnging contents, Dangal sets a new record, Amazon and Warner bros sign a licensing deal and more

  Indian copyright and entertainment law updates, International copyright and entertainment law updates, licensing and merchandising news and more weekly news updates,  presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm 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…
June 30, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 570Views 0Like
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Copyright assignment/licensing issues in movie sequels

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…
June 10, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 954Views 0Like
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Creativity, Illegality and Intellectual Property

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…
June 5, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 644Views 0Like
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Indian Copyright News and Updates

  Copyrights & Entertainment Law News: Indian Copyright and Entertainment Law Updates, International Copyright and Entertainment Updates, Entertainment Trademark Updates, Licensing and Merchandising Updates, BananaIP News and Updates, Copyright 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 “There is no sense in owning the copyright unless you are going to use it. I don’t think anyone wants to hold all of this…
May 26, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 601Views 0Like
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The featured image shows a mic in a sound recording studio. To read more about this, click here. Entertainment Law and Copyrights: Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty – Part 3

Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty – Part 4

  Continued from Part 3, read part by clicking here. Conclusion Reiterating that said earlier, sound recording consists of the acoustic portion including a lyric or a musical work despite which underlying works do not lose their existence upon a sound recording being made but remain exclusively mutual. However, the anomaly of the provision of the Act that grants the authors of musical & literary work and authors of sound recording the right to communicate to public their work has questioned the…
May 6, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1015Views 0Like
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Fearless Girl v. Charging Bull

  The Bull is charging, charging angrily and aggressively. The natural response of an ordinary, prudent person would be to take flight. But, that doesn't hold true for the Fearless Girl, who stands up to the bull with no sign of fright or alarm on her face. The Fearless Girl is in fact a representation of women empowerment and strength, and received the anticipated response when it was placed before the Charging Bull on Wall Street. To the sculptor, Kristen Visbal's…
April 17, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1029Views 0Like
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INDIAN TRADEMARK LAW ON PROTECTION OF MOVIE TITLE – PART 3

  SCENARIO IN THE UNITED STATES REGARDING PROTECTION OF MOVIE TITLE The interests of the American motion picture, television industries and home videos are safeguarded by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Since its inception in 1922, it has been playing an important part in protecting the commercial interest of the movie makers both in the US and internationally. Registering a film title with the United States Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO) is available with respect to movie titles; however,…
April 14, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, Trademarks 0Comment 672Views 0Like
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The featured image shows a mic in a sound recording studio. To read more about this, click here. Entertainment Law and Copyrights: Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty – Part 3

Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty

  Continued from Part 2, read part by clicking here. Music Broadcast Private Limited v. Indian Performing Right Society Limited, SUIT NO. 2401 OF 2006 Facts of the case The Plaintiff (Music Broadcast Private Limited) engaged in business of establishing, operating and maintaining FM Radio broadcasting stations in various cities of India sought a declaration that the Defendant (IPRS) is not entitled to demand or recover royalty and/or license fee in respect of broadcast of sound recordings at its FM Radio…
April 8, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1205Views 0Like
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Ilayaraja v. S.P. Balasubramanyam

  Ilayaraja's copyright notice to S.P. Balasubramanyam asking the singer to pay royalties for performance of his musical compositions in USA has provoked debates, arguments and discussions on various fronts. To the question, does S.P Balasubramanyam need a license to perform his own works (songs he sang and recorded for films)? ; The answer is a simple and straight forward – Yes! S.P Balasubramanyam has to take two licenses for each song he wishes to perform - one for the lyrics,…
March 28, 2017 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1891Views 0Like
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