Government Of India Revokes Order Extending Section 31D Of Copyright Act To Internet Transmissions Following Wynk Music Case
Written by Ronsiya Roy, Legal Intern, and Verified by Sunil Jose, Managing Attorney, Suns Legal. Wynk Music Ltd & Anr v. Tips Industries Ltd (2022), 2022 SCC OnLine Bom 11807 The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry has officially revoked its Office Memorandum No. 14-35/2015-CRB/LU […]
Madras High Court Stay The Re-Release Of The Kamal Hassan-Starrer 1991 Tamil Movie ‘Gunaa’.
GHANSHYAM HEMDEV V PYRAMID AUDIO INDIA PVT LTD AND OTHERS CASE NO: O.A.NO.459 OF 2024 IN CS (COMM DIV) NO. 118 OF 2024 Movie re-releases are increasingly getting into copyright troubles. Recently, the Madras High Court stayed the re-release of the Kamal Hassan-starrer 1991 Tamil movie ‘Gunaa’. Ghanshyam Hemdev, who is into the business of […]
A Tattoo Artist’s Triumph Over Copyright: A Jazzed-Up Legal Battle
The case against celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D is regarded as the first U.S. case which discussed copyright infringement in respect of tattoos. The plaintiff Jeffrey Sedlik, a renowned photographer based in California, United States, captured the photograph of the famous American Jazz artist Miles Davis in 1989. Since then, Sedlik’s picture has become […]
Copyright In The Screenplay Of The Film ‘Nayak’ Vested With Satyajit Ray And Not With The Producer R.d. Bansal: Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court ruled on 23rd May 2023 that Satyajit Ray was the first owner of the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, and therefore, the right to novelize the screenplay was also vested in him or his legal successors. SUMMARY OF THE FACTS During the period 1965-66, R.D. Bansal commissioned the late […]