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Music sampling—the practice of taking snippets or "samples" of existing songs and using them in a new musical composition—has become central to modern music, especially in hip-hop, EDM, and pop.

In the realm of music, discussions about similarities and influences between songs are not uncommon. One such case that attracted significant attention was the comparison between Marvin Gaye's iconic track...

We never know what is going to come before us. Before the advent of internet, people used to believe that physical world is what the world is. At that time we had all our laws in accordance

In Rupali Shah v Adani Wilmer & Ors, 2025:BHC-OS:8516 a single-judge bench of the Bombay High Court clarified how pre-1970 music-assignment contracts...

Consider this: you purchased a rare Jackson Pollock painting from a prestigious auction house's website, the auction house even provided you with a "Certificate of Authenticity".

The Indian legal system has two primary means of protecting visual creativity: through the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Designs Act, 2000.

Music is more than just an art form; it is the heartbeat of cultures, the language of emotions, and the soul of storytelling. However, beneath its melodic beauty lies a battlefield- the legal framework governing...

Technology is taking over our daily lives at an unprecedented scale, but is our laws & the legal systems revamping itself at a similar scale, is the question of the hour.

Music has consistently served humans across all ages as a medium of emotional and artistic expression. Paul McCartney, a member of The Beatles, has voiced serious concerns about AI...

Taylor Swift is arguably one of the biggest popstars of our time, and there is no denying the immense impact she has had on the musical world.

One debate in the world of Copyright Law that has not left the limelight since the time it has started is related to the ‘inclusion of internet and online streaming platforms as Broadcasting Organisation under Section 31D'.

Every creator of work ("author") gives rise to moral rights, which are personal rights that are recognized in civil law jurisdictions.

In the matter of Sony Music Entertainment India Private Limited v. KAL Radio Limited & Anr, I.A. (L) 8813 of 2021 in COMIP (L) 8829 of 2021 (Suit).

Music seems to be one of the most susceptible areas to copyright infringement. While the music of a movie is often its Unique Selling Point (USP), upcoming release, the music to the Bollywood "Aryan - the Unbreakable" seems to have landed itself into controversy.

Upholding artistic liberty, the Bombay High Court has categorically said that a nude painting cannot, by definition, be obscene.

As a teenager who used to regularly watch Vh1 to keep up with the latest English music videos, the first time I heard Black Eyed Peas' ‘Don't Phunk With My Heart', the opening tune sounded familiar.

The mode of utilising media by people has been varying expeditiously over the last few decades. There has been a sharp increase in the number of people who are utilising smartphones and...