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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicCopyright Act

Topic: Copyright Act

Record labels accuse tech companies of copying songs—new trouble for AI industry?

The lawsuits allege that tech companies used data comprising pre-existing sound recordings owned by various record labels and copied without permission. These sound recordings are at the heart of this issue.

‘Can’t be copyright on subjects’ — People of India gears up to battle Humans of Bombay in court

People of India drew parallels with the media ecosystem, where news channels cover the same stories. Humans of New York has also issued another statement criticising Humans of Bombay.

Lok Sabha passes Bill to stop film piracy, restructure age-based certification

The Bill has provisions to curb transmission of pirated film content as well as to classify movies on the basis of age group, instead of the current practice of ‘U’, ‘A’, and ‘UA’.

17 music publishers sue Twitter in Nashville for allowing copyrighted songs

Members of National Music Publishers’ Association, including Sony and Universal Music, are seeking more than $250 mn in damages for alleged infringement of nearly 1,700 copyrights.

EXCHANGE22 – India’s 1st sports stock exchange wins against MyFab11 in copyright tussle

EXCHANGE 22 is the first of its kind fantasy league gaming platform for cricket, football, basketball, and kabaddi.

To reward creators or digital broadcasters? The current Copyright Act gets it all wrong

We need to question if widening the scope of Section 31D of the Copyright Act to grant large streaming companies an automatic licence to content would be fair to artists and creators.

Why India needs to modernise its copyright laws for the digital era

The Covid-19 pandemic has made the shift to digital an imperative, and has rekindled numerous debates on copyright on the internet.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.