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
Writers of the original movie, Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar are reportedly mulling legal action against Apurva Lakhia and Prakash Mehra. ...
03:13 PM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: While Agent Vinods song Pyaar Ki Pungi rides high on the popularity wave " the hype around the film is just getting escalated. As the news goes " the music director and the distributors are now facing a copyright violation for the song from an Iranian band. The Iranian band " Barobax Corp " has slapped a legal notice on music director Pritam Chakraborty and distributors for the...
01:25 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Mumbai: Just as the song 'Pyaar Ki Pungi' from Saif Ali Khan's spy thriller Agent Vinod is gaining popularity, an Iranian music band has slapped a legal notice on music director Pritam Chakraborty and distributors for alleged copyright violation. The music band Barobax Corp was founded in 2003 by three Iranian nationals Kashayar Haghgoo, Kevian Haghgoo and Hamid Farouzmand. According to the legal notice issued by law firm Vidhii Partners,...
11:23 AM, Mar 19, 2012
Wellington: Two years ago, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom joked in emails with his new neighbours in New Zealand about his bad-boy reputation before telling them his criminal past was behind him and he was coming to the country with good intentions. "I am a former hacker" who was once convicted of insider trading, he wrote, before going on to say "In all seriousness: My wife, two kids and myself love...
11:30 AM, Jan 26, 2012
Wellington: With 150 million registered users, about 50 million hits daily and endorsements from music superstars, Megaupload.com was among the world's biggest file-sharing sites. Big enough, according to a US indictment, that it earned founder Kim Dotcom $42 million last year alone. The movie industry howled that the site was making money off pirated material. Though the company is based in Hong Kong and Dotcom was living in New Zealand,...
02:30 PM, Jan 20, 2012
London: A London court ruled on Friday a British student can be extradited to the United States for breaching US copyright law by running a website that allowed users to access films and TV programs illegally. Richard O'Dwyer's website, TV Shack, provided links to other websites where users could access content but did not host any of the content itself. The 23-year-old, who says he started the project to improve...
12:14 PM, Jan 14, 2012
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