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Lights Camera Action : Role Of Intellectual Property In Indian Cinema

IIPRD

Copy right and Indian cinema. A precise elucidation about the ownership of cinematographic films has been provided by Section 17 of The Copyright Act, 1957 Act. According to the law, a scriptwriter who is engaged by a producer to write a good script has no ownership rights to the work he produces. [2] Who Owns What and Why.

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Tarantino: Pulp Fiction NFT Sale Lawsuit is “Offensively Meritless”, Won’t Succeed

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“In short, Defendants seek to capitalize, unilaterally, on Miramax’s rights to Pulp Fiction,” Miramax wrote , demanding damages for breach of contract, copyright infringement and trademark infringement. Taratino Fires Back. As expected, Tarantino isn’t backing down. movie, of course, was Pulp Fiction,” they write.

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Role of Intellectual Property in Entertainment Industry

IIPRD

Introduction The media and entertainment industry is a broad and ever-evolving domain that includes several industries, including music, cinema, television, fashion, and more. It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork.

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Music to Many Ears! Bombay High Court Passes a Landmark Order Recognizing the Right to Receive Royalties by Authors of Underlying Works

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Thus, the authors of these works are entitled to receive royalties when the concerned synchronized work (cinematographic film or sound recording) is made available to the public, except when a cinematograph film is exhibited in a cinema hall.

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Miramax, Tarantino and a Fight Over Bright Shiny Objects

Copyright Lately

Again, NFTs are just an ownership record and a link to content. Buy a piece of cinema history: [link] pic.twitter.com/4tqPgl3HDu — Tarantino NFTs (@TarantinoNFTs) November 18, 2021. Below is a copy of Miramax’s complaint against Tarantino (along with a full copy of his contract). NFTs Are Not Copyrightable.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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