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It is time to play the musical instruments louder. Not for marriage or any event, but for the notification issued by the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in the Ministry...

The court emphasized that although the producers had breached their contract with actor Divya Spandana, the breach could be compensated for in terms of money.

After Spandana filed a suit claiming that the trailers of the film featuring her were released without her consent, the court ordered the filmmakers to take down all such trailers.

The High Court said Gandhi, Jairam Ramesh and Supriya Shrinate ‘tampered with the source code’ while using sound records from ‘KGF-Chapter 2’ movie.

The Marrakesh Treaty is yet to be ratified to facilitate access to published works for the blind and visually impaired

Appeals courts have affirmed existence, application of discovery rule vs injury rule under Copyright Act. 3 yr limit for damages does not apply when plaintiff unaware of past infringements, filed suit within 3 yr of discovery.

Observing that the Copyright Act provides for both civil remedy and filing of criminal prosecution, the Karnataka High Court said that merely because a civil dispute is being fought between the...

Former Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter’s tell-all book broke a sales record and outsold Jacques Pauw’s 'The President’s Keepers'.

Under the Copyright Act of 1976, a civil action for copyright infringement must be "commenced within three years after the claim accrued." 17 U.S.C. § 507(b). But when does a claim accrue...

The Court, therefore, rejected a plea by the movie's producers to injunct HarperCollins from publishing the novelisation of Nayak's screenplay.