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The Bombay High Court last month decided an important point of law that was raised in a suit filed by Novex Communications and Phonographic Performance Limited.

The organization shall pay royalties to the owner of the copyright at the rate fixed by the copyright board.

I have heard Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly's monologue, delivered as take down to Anne Hathaway's Andy Sachs, in Devil Wears Prada more times than I can remember.

The Delhi High Court in the passing off case - Entertainment Network (India) Ltd. v. HT Media Ltd. (CS(COMM) 179/2016 & IA No.3316/2016) granted temporary injunction in favour of the Plaintiff, vide judgment dated July 13, 2018.

"It's a very frightening situation because it's only the royalty we count on. The music industry has completely changed, people now believe in buying and consuming music digitally.

Elton John、Billie Eilish、Paul McCartney、Radiohead、Sting和Dua Lipa这些音乐人，除了创作出伟大音乐作品外，还有什么共同之处？答案是他们一致反对将自己的音乐用于训练人工智&

Manchester City, a football club operating in the top flight of English football, has partnered with CISCO Technologies to release the pilot of Connected Scarf, a "smart scarf" armed with sensors...

There has been a recent increase in incidents of online creators uploading songs generated by AI software, simulating or ‘imitating' the style of popular artists.

Recently I came across this innocuous piece of news that Yash Raj Films ("YRF") has been fined Rs. 10,000 and Rs 5,000 as litigation costs by the National Consumer ...

The internet and other digital means of communication and publication have taken the biggest leap amongst all the technological developments witnessed in the past two decades.

Film music is among the most valuable, and most reused, intellectual property in India, and nowhere more so than in the Tamil and wider south Indian cinema that the composer Ilaiyaraaja helped define. A song written decades ago can anchor a new film, a streaming series or an advertisement, and each reuse raises the same question of ownership and permission. The recent disputes involving Ilaiyaraaja, before the High Court of Madras at Chennai in Tamil Nadu and the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, are a useful lens through which to see how Indian law allocates the two copyrights in a film song, and the rights a composer keeps even when one of them has passed to someone else.

Any business that uses copyrighted music in India, whether in a mobile application, digital platform, live event, broadcast, or commercial production, must obtain authorisation from the relevant copyright holders. In India, there are two primary routes through which this authorisation can be obtained: (i) a direct licence negotiated with and granted by the rights holder (or its authorised representative), or (ii) a licence obtained through a registered copyright society that administers the rights of multiple owners on a collective basis.

Thus, ownership and revenue participation are no longer passive contractual outcomes but central bargaining variables in modern entertainment deals.

India's film industries are creative powerhouses, but behind the glamour lies a complex web of legal challenges. Bollywood (Hindi cinema based in Mumbai) and South Industry (Tollywood, Kollywood and Sandalwood)...

Remixing of music is an increasingly popular trend in Indian entertainment industry particularly in Bollywood and in independent music. Although remixing may become a creative process...

KodakOne makes use of its native token, KodakCoin.

A judgement to this case would have a long-lasting effect on the copyright laws in India.