Celebrity Rights in India, by Vaidehi Harshad Samant

 Celebrity rights apply to famous personalities such as actors, authors, musicians, sports personalities, fashion designers etc among who few may be even regarded by many as icons or people of high recognition and celebrity rights are the rights associated to an social identity of a well-known person whose goodwill is exploited by businesses in several…

The Tax Rates in Media & Entertainment Industry: Before and After the implementation of the GST Act, by Anuradha Panda

 The Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 came into effect on July 1, 2017. Through the implementation of the Goods and Services Act, 2017, Goods and Services Tax (GST) was introduced as an indirect tax (or consumption tax) used in India on the supply of goods and services. Various taxes and levies, such as Central…

A BRIEF PRIMER ON DUE DILIGENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

INTRODUCTION Mergers and acquisitions often necessitate extensive due diligence on the part of the buyer. Before committing to the transaction, the buyer will want to make certain that it understands what it is purchasing, what duties it is assuming, the nature and scope of the seller’s contingent liabilities, problematic contracts, litigation risks, intellectual property difficulties,…

Scrapping of the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal, by Adv. Vaidehi Harshad Samant

INTRODUCTION  The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (‘FCAT’) is the statutory body headquartered in New Delhi, was formed in or around 1981,after the CBFC gave director, screenwriter, and journalist K.A. Abbas’s documentary of 1968 titled Char Shahar Ek Kahani an ‘A’ certificate. The revising committee of the Central Board of Film Certification (‘CBFC’) upheld the certification but the…

IS IT ‘ALL TOO WELL’ LEGALLY WITH TAYLOR SWIFT’S RE-RECORDING HER ALBUMS? , by Ishaan Michael

Earlier in this month, the most popular Taylor Swift’s 2012 album “Red” was re-released which ignites rumours about continuously re-creating old tracks to new ones along with its lyrics across the social media platform. Swift’s decision to re-record her albums stems from a long-running legal battle over the rights of her first six albums’ master…

GUEST POST: SPORTS MOVIES IN INDIA AND ITS NEED AND IMPACT, BY ADVOCATE VAIDEHI HARSHAD SAMANT

Introduction In today’s era of globalization trends in film making are versatile, and deal with different type of themes other than typical romance such as women empowerment, sports, patriotism, sci-fi films, periodical films etc. But the overall ratio of sports based films produced in Bollywood as well as other film industries in India is very…

Application of Patent in the Global Entertainment Industry, by Ishaan Michael.

Introduction Entertainment Industry has been a part of modern society for centuries in various forms like story-telling, musical performance, dramatics, and dancing which have existed in the history of mankind from all cultures. These forms have in due course of time developed into a much more sophisticated as well technologically advanced form and are now…

Bollywood film actress Swara Bhaskar has filed a criminal complaint against the Twitter user & YouTube influencer Elvish Yadav

The issue started on or around 1st Oct 2021 when some #hashtags were being trended on Twitter in respect of ‘Free The Temple’ moment wherein certain #hashtags were being trended by Twitter user & YouTube influencer Elvish Yadav and he was responding to a tweet by Bollywood film actress Swara Bhaskar calling him a liar,…

popular channel SabLokTantra BANNED BY YOUTUBE

FACTS YouTube has banned the popular channel “SabLokTantra”, run by an activist named Mr Rachit Kaushik, for a week. The channel is known for dealing with/analyzing current affairs happening around the world and especially which are of importance to Indian society by using a satirical pattern and style. The channel SabLokTantra, having follower strength of…

SCAM 1992 BOMBAY HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT CONCERNING TRADEMARK ACT 1999.

Sony Pictures Network India quashed an FIR lodged on the premise of criminal Defamation of a bank in The Bombay High Court on Monday allowed ad-interim security from arrest to the directors, and employees of Sony Pictures Network India Pvt Ltd, owner of the SonyLIV OTT platform in a case concerning claimed defamation and trademark violation…