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TopicCopyright Act

Topic: Copyright Act

What copyright, plagiarism mean for art and artists

Columbia Law School professor Timothy Wu, referring to a copyright dispute in the US, had said ‘if the underlying art is recognisable in the new art, then you have got a problem’.

Who owns ‘Fried Chicken’? KFC draws line on lookalike branding in India, and it’s not the first time

With lawsuits against Ali Fried Chicken and Nashville Fried Chicken, KFC argues ‘Fried Chicken’ isn’t just a description–it’s part of its identity.

Delhi HC stays copyright case against A R Rahman over ‘Veera Raja Veera’ song from PS-2

Classical singer Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar has claimed the song is derived from his composition 'Shiva Stuti'. The final hearing in the matter is now scheduled for 23 May.

How Delhi HC defined ‘originality’, holding AR Rahman & ‘PS-2’ makers guilty of copyright infringement

The court found a song in Mani Ratnam’s film identical to a classical composition by late musician duo Junior Dagar Brothers, directing the composer & Madras Talkies to pay up over Rs 2 cr.

AR Rahman must deposit Rs 2 cr for copyright infringement in Veera Raja Veera: Delhi High Court

The case, filed in 2023, alleged that AR Rahman’s ‘Veera Raja Veera’ was copied from ‘Shiva Stuti’, originally composed by Dhrupad maestro Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar's father and uncle.

OpenAI seeks to dismiss bid by Indian media, publishing groups’ bid to join copyright lawsuit

The copyright lawsuit is set to shape the legal framework for AI in India, which is OpenAI’s second-largest market by number of users, after the US.

Do you need licence to play copyrighted music at weddings? The debate & how HCs have interpreted the law

ThePrint looks at the copyright conundrum, the Centre’s stance, and how conflicting notifications and various court orders over the past few years have further compounded its complexity.

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’.

On Camera

Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.