So your daughter wants the new justin bieber CD, or perhaps you're looking to make a nice Christmas music compilation for playing over the holidays. These days it is as simple as downloading music via the internet so they can have them quickly and to avoid paying for them outright. This begs the question [...]
Warner Bros Entertainment has sued Innovative Artists Talent and Literary Agency for infringing its copyright and violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Warner Bros brought the action against Innovative Artists because in 2015 the talent agency allegedly set up an “illegal digital distribution platform”, which was then accessed by people outside of the agency. [...]
The Commission has proposed two directives and two regulations to adapt the EU copyright rules to the realities of the Digital Single Market, on 14 September 2016. A directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market and a regulation will ensure: better choice and access to content online and across borders improved copyright rules [...]
Section 19 of the Copyright Act 1957 lays down the modes of assignment of copyright in India. Assignment can only be in writing and must specify the work, the period of assignment and the territory for which assignment is made If the period of assignment is not specified in the agreement, it shall be [...]
On the eve of World IP Day for the year 2015 for which the theme is Music. This made me wonder “How much do the musicians actually earn and if they do , How??” If you are wondering the same thing I am, then you are at the right place. I have prepared a [...]
A case is in progress in US, in which plaintiff is John Wiley & Sons Inc. and defendant is Kirtsaeng. The complaint was made under Section 602 (a) (1) of Copyright Act of United States of America (USA), which prohibits unauthorized import of a work without the permission of the copyright owner. The defendant [...]
