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Playing of songs in marriages not infringement of copyright law: Govt
Playing of songs in marriages does not constitute an infringement of copyright law and no one can charge a royalty for such activities, the government clarified on Monday. In a public notice, the Department for Promotion Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) said that it has received several complaints, and grievances from the general public and other stakeholders about alleged collection of royalties by the Copyright Societies for performance of musical work in marriage functions in contravention to letter and spirit of section 52 (1) (za) of Copyright Act 1957. Section 52 of the act deals with certain acts which would not constitute an infringement of Copyright. It said that Section 52 (1) (za) specifically mentions the performance of literary, dramatic, or musical work or of a sound recording in the course of any bonafide religious ceremony or an official ceremony as not constituting infringement of copyright. Religious ceremony includes a marriage procession and other social ...
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Telegram shares user info with Delhi High Court in copyright case
The plea was filed by Neetu Singh and KD Campus, seeking to restrain users from sharing their videos, lectures, and books on Telegram. The matter will be heard again on February 14 next year
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Copyright infringement: Supreme Court allows Puma to withdraw its case
The Sports Company had filed a petition against an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in which the court had refused to quash a criminal complaint against it for copyright infringement
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Google files second transparency report in accordance with new IT Rules
Removes over 150,000 pieces of content based on complaints received in May and June, over 98% of which were related to copyright
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Gains in translation
Before 1914, there was no proper copyright legislation in India
Statutory licensing for online streaming: A case of legislative inaction
India possesses no guidelines to regulate the manner in which licences are to be obtained by online streaming services
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Prawn seeds to trademarks, here are a few key court orders from last week
The Supreme Court has emphasised that according to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, there cannot be any special treatment given to the government as a party
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The big questions in streaming music
Both publishing and video industries would gain from looking at the licensing battle being played out in the music business
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Copyright lessons
It's the textbook publishers who need to be proactive
A torrent of bans
Blocking entire web domains hurts genuine users