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Azure Hospitality Private Limited v. Phonographic Performance Limited
Pending trial, a user of sound recordings may be permitted to continue use on paying the copyright owner at the tariff of a registered copyright society, instead of being injuncted, where the owner is not itself a registered copyr…
Copyright SocietyInterim Injunction ModifiedPublic PerformanceRMPLCopyrightEntertainment Network (India) Ltd. v. Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.
An offer to license copyrighted broadcasting rights on unreasonable terms constitutes a refusal under Section 31(1)(b) of the Copyright Act, 1957, and the existence of one voluntary licence does not bar the Copyright Board from gr…
Broadcasting RightsCompulsory LicenceCopyright BoardMusic And Sound RecordingsCopyrightIndian Performing Right Society Ltd. v. Eastern India Motion Pictures Association & Ors.
Where music or lyrics are composed for a cinematograph film by an engaged composer or lyricist for valuable consideration, the film producer becomes the first owner of copyright in that contribution under Section 17 and thereby ac…
Assignment And LicensingCinematograph FilmCopyright SocietyFirst OwnershipCopyrightNovex Communications Private Limited v. Rhythm Hospitality Private Limited
An owner of copyright may license its own works and sue for infringement without being registered as a copyright society under Section 33(1) of the Copyright Act, 1957.
Copyright SocietyLicensing BusinessOwner's Right to SuePreliminary IssueCopyrightPhonographic Performance Limited v. Pass Code Hospitality Private Limited & Ors.
Pending decision on interim applications in public-performance disputes, courts may secure the copyright owner through an ad hoc licence-fee deposit arrangement.
HospitalityInterim ArrangementLicence FeePublic PerformanceCopyrightSaregama 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 WorksCopyrightTips Industries Ltd. v. Wynk Music Ltd. & Anr.
The statutory licence for broadcasting under Section 31D of the Copyright Act, 1957 is confined to conventional, non-interactive radio and television broadcasting and does not extend to internet-based streaming or download service…
Assignment And LicensingBroadcasting RightsDigital PlatformsMusic And Sound Recordings