Copyright Law

European news agencies accuse tech giants Google, Facebook of 'plundering' news, write to EU for stringent law

Joint statement from Europe's biggest news agencies calls on internet giants to share more of their revenue with the media

Controversial copyright law threatening internet freedom rejected in EU vote

The law was aimed at making Google, Facebook and other tech giants share revenues with publishers.

Baadshaho controversy throws spotlight on trend of increasing court battles over copyrights

The cases involving 'Baadshaho' and 'Ranjana Ami Ashbo’, highlight that filing of copyright infringement suits involving movie titles and songs has become a common trend.

India's patent office says no to software patents, but copyrights still valid

The Government and Patent office issue guidelines that effectively say no to software patents. Patents will still be granted, but under very stringent guidelines.

Copyrighting cricket scores just seems so wrong

Certain things are beyond copyright monopoly - the sheer pleasure of following a cricket match or singing one’s favourite song in front of a crowd.

Google wins battle over copyright laws regarding its digital library

A federal judge handed Google Inc. a victory in a long-running legal battle on Thursday, tossing out a lawsuit claiming the Internet giant was violating copyright laws by scanning books without the writers' permission to create the world's largest digital library

Google wins battle over copyright laws regarding its digital library

A federal judge handed Google Inc. a victory in a long-running legal battle on Thursday, tossing out a lawsuit claiming the Internet giant was violating copyright laws by scanning books without the writers' permission to create the world's largest digital library

Court dismisses copyright complaint against Jolly LLB movie's director

A Delhi court has dismissed a complaint seeking lodging of an FIR against the director and producer of movie 'Jolly LLB' for allegedly infringing copyright of an author of poems on a similar concept of police indulging in corruption as shown in the film

Finnish Parliament to consider crowdsourced copyright law revisions

Finland is all set to be the first country in the world where the Parliament will be mulling over and voting on a crowdsourced copyright law which aims to be

Internet censorship: Meet SOPA's European sister ACTA

ACTA has been referred to European Court of Justice amid fears it could stifle free speech, damage privacy, and even restrict the availability of generic drugs to countries like India.