No license required for Playing songs during marriage function, religious ceremonies not Copyright violation;

No license required for Playing songs in marriage Copyright Central Government has clarify use of any sound recording during the course of a religious ceremony including marriage procession and any other social festivities associated with marriage does not amount to copyright violation. Hence, no license is required to be obtained for the same. Copyright Office […]
Band Baaja Baarat rescued from copyright infringement : Delhi HC

Band Baaja Baarat rescued from copyright infringement : Delhi HC It was a case between Yash Raj Films and Sri Sai Ganesh Productions. In the instant case the petitioner brought a suit against the defendants for copyright infringement. The plaintiff who was the original maker of the film named Band Baaja Baraat alleged that the […]
Scope of moral rights under Indian Copyrights Law is limited.

A building named Hall Of Nation was erected at Pragati Maidian, Delhi by architect Raj Rewal and structural designer Mahinder Raj. The building stood as a symbol of modern Indian Architecture. Few years back in 2016, the Indian Trade Promotion Organisation proposed an idea to destroy this building and replace it with Integrated Exhibition Cum […]
Know the Copyright Registration Procedure- Our Legal World

Know the Copyright Registration Procedure Written by Advocate Ashish Panday Copyright is a right given by the law to creators of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works and producers of cinematograph films and sound recordings. In fact, it is a bundle of rights including, inter alia, rights of reproduction, communication to the public, adaptation and […]
Germany high court postpones YouTube Copyright case for EU interpretation

Germany high court postpones YouTube Copyright case for EU interpretation Germany’s highest court has postponed a decision on whether YouTube is liable for violations of intellectual property rights /copyright by video streaming platform in order to seek the opinion of European Union judges. The plaintiff filed a lawsuit, which concerns illegally uploaded songs by the British […]