Los Angeles: Rapper Devin Copeland has filed a 10 million dollar copyright infringement lawsuit on Usher and Justin Bieber.
Copeland, who is better known by his stage name, Devin the Dude, has alleged that he showed Usher a tune of the same name and he usurped it for Bieber's My World 2.0, reported E! Online.
Copeland, who is suing along with his writing partner Mareio Overton, alleges that his album 2008 My Story II contained 'Somebody to Love'. He and Overton had applied for and were granted the copyright.
In the lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Virginia, Copeland states that he then met with scouts from major labels such as Island, Sony and RCA, who then brought My Story II to various artists, including Usher....
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10:45 AM, May 05, 2013
New York: For the second time in three years, a US federal judge has dismissed Viacom's $1 billion copyright lawsuit against YouTube, saying the online video site doesn't have to police itself as long as it removes infringing videos when copyright owners give notice. US District Court Judge Louis Stanton in New York ruled on Thursday that Viacom never proved YouTube was aware of thousands of videos Viacom said were...
01:56 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Visiting Google Chairman Eric Schmidt claims that low cost smartphones will be the next step. "The big future is still smartphones. And the vast majority of Indians will encounter the internet on a smartphone, it will be a low cost smartphone of great power. They will deal with health and medicine that way, they will deal with education, they will entertain themselves,they'll build businesses on these smartphones," said Eric. ...
08:42 AM, Mar 21, 2013
Government has notified the new Copyright Rules 2013 to provide statutory licence for cover versions and broadcasting of literary and musical works and sound recording among others. The rules, which were notified on March 14, say the fee for registration of copyright for various works has been increased from Rs 50 per work to Rs 500 per work and the maximum fee has been increased from Rs 600 per work...
11:25 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Getting copyrights of classic film songs for peanuts is a thing of the past. Nowadays, producers have to shell out fortunes to get the song of their choice. ...
02:10 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Makers of 2010's Sanjay Dutt and Irrfan Khan-starrer 'Knock Out' have been asked to pay a sum of Rs 1.25 crore for infringement of copyright in a recent verdict by Bombay High Court. ...
04:46 PM, Mar 15, 2013
AFP and The Washington Post infringed on the copyrights of photographer Daniel Morel in using pictures he took in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake in January 2010. ...
07:08 AM, Jan 16, 2013
Apple has been fined $165,908 by a Chinese court for allegedly selling unlicensed electronic versions of books online. ...
05:41 PM, Dec 28, 2012
New Delhi: With the view to be more transparent with the content posted by users, Twitter has introduced a new copyright policy that has made a change in the way Twitter responds to copyright complaints. Twitter will now withheld any copyright-infringing tweet with a takedown notice explaining it's being withheld due to a complaint, instead of deleting it. In the past, Twitter used to delete copyright-infringing tweets and the URL...
04:53 PM, Nov 05, 2012
New Delhi: Members of the film fraternity today erupted into a debate about the process of film certification in the country, calling for a revamp in the constitution of the CBFC and The Cinematograph Act of 1952. Industry stalwarts like Mukesh Bhatt, Ramesh Sippy, Shyam Benegal, Sudhir Mishra and Shabana Azmi discussed the controversial topic with Leela Samson, Chairperson of CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification), at the CII Media...
10:59 AM, Oct 30, 2012
Louisville: It's a common tactic for pornography producers trying to protect their product from online piracy: They sue unknown "John Does" who illegally download movies, then go to Internet providers to learn their true identities and collect. Hundreds of porn companies have filed thousands of lawsuits across US in recent years. Often, representatives will call up the defendants, offering quick settlements of $1,000 or $5,000 to avoid facing $150,000 claims...
01:40 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Mumbai: Many powerful producers, not just Mukesh Bhatt, are up in arms against Javed Akhtar for fighting for copyright amendment in favour of lyricists and singers. Ever since he became vocal about intellectual property rights two years ago, Akhtar has been writing no lyrics or dialogues for any of the big banners in Bollywood except his son Farhan Akhtars banner. Yashraj Films, Dharma Productions and other prestigious production houses have...
06:38 PM, May 27, 2012
San Francisco: Google's Internet search engine receives more complaints about websites believed to be infringing on Microsoft's copyrights than it does about material produced by entertainment companies pushing for tougher online piracy laws. A snapshot of Microsoft's apparently chronic copyright headaches emerged in new data that Google released Thursday to provide a better understanding of the intellectual property abuses on the Internet. Google has a good vantage point on the...
11:56 AM, May 25, 2012
THE COPYRIGHT (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2012 (As passed by the Rajya Sabha) A BILL further to amend the Copyright Act, 1957 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:" 1. (1) This Act may be called the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2....
05:52 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, which seeks to protect owners of literary or musical works, has been passed by the Rajya Sabha and will be presented to the Lok Sabha before it becomes law, much to the delight of singers, writers and composers. The bill, which is to provide exclusive and moral rights to performers in conformity with the World Intellectual Property Organisation's (WIPO) Copyright Treaty and performances...
03:27 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: Song writers, artistes and performers, deprived of their dues so far, can now claim royalty for their creations with Parliament today approving a law to provide much-delayed justice to them. The Copyright Act (Amendment) Bill, 2012 was passed by the Lok Sabha, which witnessed unusual unanimity on the matter with members from all parties supporting the measure for creative artistes whose benefits are cornered by producers. The bill,...
03:23 PM, May 22, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood's Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar says she is totally with Javed Akhtar in his fight to secure royalty rights for singers and lyricists. Lata said, "I'm 110 percent with Javed Saab. My only fear is, how will he cope with all the backlash coming his way from producers and music companies who are very angry and upset?" "I fought for royalty for singers in the 1960s. I had even stopped...
05:46 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: With the Rajya Sabha passing an amendment to improve the rights of composers and writers, B-Town biggies Sonu Niigaam, Kailash Kher, Shabana Azmi and Rohit Roy have hailed veteran writer Javed Akhtar for his efforts in getting the measure through. Akhtar has been pushing for an amendment in the copyright laws to give music directors and lyricists a share of the profits earned on their work. The amendment...
05:04 PM, May 19, 2012
New Delhi: The much delayed Bill, providing for certain important amendments to the Copyright Act, was on Thursday approved by the Rajya Sabha to remove operational difficulties and address newer issues related to the digital world and internet. The Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010, moved by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, also seeks to bring Indian laws originally enacted in 1957 in conformity with international norms and World Intellectual Property Organisation. Replying...
09:07 PM, May 17, 2012
Washington: The United States on Monday again put Russia and China on its annual list of countries with the worst records of preventing the theft of copyrighted material and other intellectual property (IP), the US Trade Representative's office said. Argentina, Canada and India were also put on the "priority watch list," along with Algeria, Chile, Indonesia, Israel, Pakistan, Thailand, Ukraine and Venezuela. "This year's Special 301 Report is more significant...
09:59 AM, May 02, 2012
