Excerpt: Supreme Court of India M/S. Entertainment Network ... vs M/S. Super Cassettee Industries ... on 16 May, 2008 Author: S Sinha Bench: S.B. Sinha, Lokeshwar Singh Panta REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5114 OF 2005 M/s Entertainment Network (India) Ltd. ... Appellant Versus M/s Super Cassette … Continue reading M/S. Entertainment Network … vs M/S. Super Cassettee Industries
‘author’, as defined in s.2(d), in relation to a musical work, is only the composer and s. 16 confies ‘copyright’ to those works which are recognised by the Act. This means that the composer alone has copyright in a musical work. The singer has none.
Excerpt: copyrighted music is not the soulful tune, the superb singing, the glorious voice or the wonderful render- ing. It is the melody or harmony reduced to print, writing or graphic form. The Indian music lovers throng to listen and be enthralled or enchanted by the nada brahma, the sweet concord of sounds, the rags, … Continue reading ‘author’, as defined in s.2(d), in relation to a musical work, is only the composer and s. 16 confies ‘copyright’ to those works which are recognised by the Act. This means that the composer alone has copyright in a musical work. The singer has none.
Radio Today Broadcasting Ltd vs Indian Performing Rights Society
Excerpt: The definition of quia timet, borrowed from Black's, means a legal doctrine that allows a person to seek equitable relief from future probable harm to a specific right or interest. Therefore, such equitable relief can be granted to a person, provided he can successfully demonstrate before a Court that his fears in this regard … Continue reading Radio Today Broadcasting Ltd vs Indian Performing Rights Society
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