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Copyright Act, 1957
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Judgments citing this Act
ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. Open AI OpCo LLC
An Indian court has jurisdiction if the plaintiff's principal place of business is in India, or if the defendant targets Indian users, even when the defendant's servers are located abroad. Even temporarily storing a copyrighted wo…
Artificial IntelligenceCopyright Fair DealingCopyright InfringementJurisdictionCopyrightDr. Ashok M. Bhat v. Harichand Nagpal & Ors.
An injunction against use of a registered artistic work follows the artistic work onto any label, not merely the one impugned in the plaint. In Order XXXIX Rule 2A proceedings justification is no defence: so long as an order stand…
Contempt of InjunctionCounterfeitingExemplary CostsOrder XXXIX Rule 2ACopyrightOpella Healthcare Group v. Pureca Laboratories Pvt Ltd (Copyright)
A defendant cannot defend a copyright infringement suit on the basis of a registration that has been cancelled by an unchallenged rectification order which found the artistic work to be a copy of the plaintiff's pre-existing get-u…
Artistic WorkColourable ImitationCopyright RectificationLabel DesignCopyrightPreity G. Zinta v. Google LLC & Ors.
When someone uses AI to create deepfakes or morphed content that distorts or alters how a performer's actual performance looks or sounds, without her consent, this violates her moral rights under Section 38-B of the Copyright Act.…
AI DeepfakesIntermediary LiabilityMoral Rights of PerformersPersonality RightsCopyrightSaregama India Ltd. v. Black Madras Films & Ors.
Copyright in a musical composition is distinct from copyright in the sound recording and cinematograph film in which the composition is incorporated. The composer, as author of the musical work, retains copyright in the musical co…
Assignment of RightsCinematograph FilmComposerLiterary and Musical Works