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Tag Archives: Indian Copyright Act
Power Play
Composers and Singers have formed unions and are taking charge post the Copyright Amendments. Getting the industry to comply with practices dictated by the creators will be a herculean task, Sound Box reports Everybody is talking about change. Change in … READ MORE
Posted in Buzz, Features, Main Story, Show Case, Showcase, Spotlight
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Javed Akhtar nominated as Vice President of CISAC
Javed Akhtar’s name was unanimously forwarded for Vice-Presidency of CISAC to the General Assembly by its Board of Directors recently. This designation is because of his role in the Amendments and the Copyright Act in Parliament. The Board also recommended the … READ MORE
Posted in Buzz, Main Story, Show Case, Showcase
Tagged Ana de Hollanda, CISAC, Copyright Act, Indian Copyright Act, Javed Akhtar, Jerold Nadler, Maka Kotto, Sound Box, Sound Box explores, sound box india, sound box india music, sound box mag, sound box magazine, sound box magazine india, sound box music, Sound Box Music India, sound box music magazine, sound box music trade magazine, Sound Box Team, Sound Box Trade, Sound Box Trade Magazine, Sound Box Trasw, Susana Baca, the Copyright Act
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IPRS prepares for re-registration as Copyright Society
The body held its EGM last week and will apply for re-registration by May 13 The Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 and Copyright Rules had a provision insisting the existing Copyright Societies to re-register themselves within a period of one year … READ MORE
Posted in Main Story
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“New Copyright Board will be formed in six to eight months”
The Registrar of Copyrights has been the most sought-after man in the echelons of the government ever since the amendments to the Indian Copyright Act were first proposed three years ago. Any meeting in the industry after the amended Act … READ MORE
Posted in Interviews, Main Story, Show Case
Tagged Anita Iyer, CISAC, Copyright Board, exclusive interview, G R Raghavender, Indian Copyright Act, Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS), Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Protection of Audiovisual Performances, Registrar of Copyrights, Society for Copyright Regulations of Indian Producers of Films and Television (SCRIPT), Statutory licensing, Supreme court, The Copyright (Amendment) Act, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
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Living in hope!
Apps, apps and more apps! Music applications were the flavour of the year– for facebook, apple devices, Android and even for Samsung Smart TV platforms The trend for launching music applications continued with Sivakumar Lokanathan of Carnegie Mellon developing ‘Carnatic … READ MORE
Posted in Focus
Tagged 9X Media, Alexandra Stan, Apple iPad, Avicii, Babblefish Productions, Bandra Fort Amphiteater, blueFROG, Bryan Adams, Buddy Guy, Carnatic raga, Carnegie Mellon, Coke Studio, Coorg, Daily Motion, David Guetta, Dewar, Dewarists, Dhingana’s music app, downloading, Electronic DJ, Eristoff Invasion festival, F1 Rocks, Facebook, GarageBand, Guruswara, Himesh Reshammiya, Indian Copyright Act, Indian Ocean, IndiaONE, Internet Radio, iWaveform, Jaipur, Jhakas, Lady Gaga, Live from the Console, M Tunes, Mahindra Blues Festival 2012, Mehboob Studios, metallica, mohit chauhan, MTV Roots, MTV Unplugged, Music Xpress, Only Much Louder, Saregama, Sawai Gandharva Festival, Shakira, Shankar Mahadevan, Sivakumar Lokanathan, Sony Mix, Sound Travels, SoundHound, Star World, Storm Festival, streaming, Tasha, Timbre Media, Yolanda Be Cool, YouTube, Yves Larock, Zenzi
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Free For All?
A bonanza for commercial users of music, and substantial revenue losses for music companies, as more and more iconic recordings enter the public domain? As all of us know, ‘copyright’ is the very foundation on which the commercial edifice of … READ MORE
Posted in Spotlight
Tagged copyright, film, Indian Copyright Act, Music Industry, perpetuity, public domain, term of copyright
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“The legislation will discriminate only against labels” Part 3
“Let’s respect the right to a contract!” Saregama managing director Apurv Nagpal does not believe in mincing words when it comes to the amendments to the Indian Copyright Act. Two years at the helm of India’s leading music company have … READ MORE
Posted in Show Case
Tagged Apurv Nagpal, Indian Copyright Act, music, Music Industry, Saregama
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