Category: Copyright

Reclaiming copyright

Reclaiming copyright

This copyright case involves the ownership interest of copyright over certain musical works which Paul Mc Cartney co-authored with former members of Beatles. The defendants in this case are the publisher company holding the copyright interest in the works which are in the name of

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Everything is fair in education

Everything is fair in education

Considering the higher cost of education in India the High Court has passed the judgment in the DU Photocopy case in favor of DU. This had a far reaching implications on access to education in a developing countries like India. But the Oxford University Press

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No copyright: says Hollywood

No copyright: says Hollywood

Now the clutches of the copyright are in the hand of the Hollywood studios. The U.S District Court has granted preliminary injunction to VidAngel, a movie streaming and filtering services on the ground of violating the copyright of the Hollywood Studios. The Court held that

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The new tale of broadcasting rights

The new tale of broadcasting rights

Very recently the court has granted injunction to Raj T.V for using the sound recordings and images owned by Sony Music. The judgment does not have any factual significance but it has gone down to alleging Raj T.V to forbid from using their work. The

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Copyright societies under wiggle of scrutiny

Copyright societies under wiggle of scrutiny

In a recent decision the country has witnessed another landmark development in the field of copyright. The Delhi High Court has this time pulled the strings of the copyright societies. The three copyright societies namely, the IPRS’s, Novex and PPL have been directed to refrain

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Play or Replay

Play or Replay

The European Court of Justice’s decision was followed by Supreme Courts of Sweden, and it penned down its judgment on “whether broadcast is entitled to copyright protection”. The EJ decision also embarked upon the issue of providing wider privileges to the right holders for facilitating

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Irony bell’s the KAT

Irony bell’s the KAT

Ukrainian, Artem Vaulin, the alleged owner of Kickass Torrent or popularly known as KAT, has been arrested in Poland. The Department of Justice, U. S is seeking to extradite him for counts of criminal copyright infringement, in addition to conspiracy charges related to money laundering

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Can Cheerleaders’ Uniform Claim For Copyright Protection?

Can Cheerleaders’ Uniform Claim For Copyright Protection?

In 2010 in U.S., Star Athletica had published its first catalog of cheerleading uniforms and immediately was sued. On the other hand, Varsity Brands, the world’s greatest producer of cheerleading and dance-team uniforms purported that Star Athletica’s uniform has violated Varsity’s copyrighted designs. At this

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IS PARODY SPOOFING LEGAL UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW?

IS PARODY SPOOFING LEGAL UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW?

INTRODUCTION With the advancement of intellectual property rights, new lexicon like ‘parody spoofing’ has also surfaced. So the question comes up , what is Parody /Spoofing? Why is it so much in public interest? Parody is a creative work that impersonates the characteristic style of

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Oracle’s nightmare doesn’t get overturned; looses a $9bn claim to Google and much more

Oracle’s nightmare doesn’t get overturned; looses a $9bn claim to Google and much more

U.S District Court has denied Rule 50 motion to overturn the jury verdict, that “Google’s use of Java API(Application Programming Interfaces)was fair use”. The six year old battle started with oracle already having proven the infringement by Google in the previous suit. Oracle’s Contention was

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