Each and every day millions of people are engaged in writing books, articles , short stories, developing drawing materials , conceptualising business plans , making music , creating sound recording , producing cinematographic films , video films etc. First thing which comes in mind to any author is that the pain that being taken to […]

In the case of a Statutory License, the statute itself has created an exception and has granted such a license to all broadcasting organisations under the statute itself i.e. the Act, which under Section 31D (1) provides as follows: “Any broadcasting organisation desirous of communicating to the public by way of a broadcast or by […]

In the last Article MW 1.05, finally the question asked was – For administrating  the author’s and owner’s musical or literary work ( for that matter any work) , how the registered Copyright societies  can ask to sign  the assignment and license deeds ? Practically in India , exceptions may be there but generally  all […]

In our endeavour to explain various works defined under the Copyright Act 1957 and in particular Musical work herein, it’s important to cover the topic on the cardinal facts based for commercial utilisations of such works. In India , the word commercial exploitation is in vogue than commercial utilisation because from the inception of the […]

The history of copyright law in India can be traced back to its colonial era under the British Empire. The Copyright Act, 1957 was the first post-independence copyright legislation in India and the law has been amended six times since 1957 with major amendments in 1994 & 2012. The most recent amendment was in the […]