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…
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Intellectual Property Management in Sports, by Anuradha Panda.
With the accelerated participation of the Indian economy in the global sports arena, a new bill ‘National Sports Ethics Commission Bill, 2016’ was introduced in the Parliament which aims at improving the integrity of sports in India by introducing various legislative forums and mechanisms. The Geneva based specialized agency of the United Nations, World Intellectual…
Online Gaming for Money Banned In The State of Tamil Nadu, by Adv. Vaidehi Harshad Samant.
On 20 November 2020, the Government of the State of Tamil Nadu in India passed an Ordinance banning online gaming stating that due to online gaming, innocent people, mainly youngsters, are being cheated, and some people have even committed suicide. The Government of the State of Tamil Nadu has thus decided a ban over online…
Employment & Working Conditions in TV & Film Industry, by Muskaan Fatwani
Did you know? As per a 2017 report by consultancy business Deloitte, the overall range of employees utilized in the Indian films, tv, and online media industries is 7.4 hundred thousand, estimating that the business generates indirect employment for roughly 23.6 lakh folks around the country; although obtaining employment isn\’t a tricky task within this…
Role of Competition Law in the Sports Industry, by Ishaan Michael.
Introduction Sports activities have been recognized as an important financial contributor to a nation’s economy and the same is applicable in the Indian Context as well. Organized Sports in India have gone through a remarkable evolution from being a traditionally on-field activity to a commercially rich industry contributing to society in different forms. The Indian…
Importance of Sports Law, Education and Awareness, by Neha Mohanty
Introduction Sports play an integral part of our life and culture and has become a very important feature of modern-day society. Such immense significance has motivated the educational study of sports making it the focus of several historical, geographical, philosophical inquiries. But due to the increased materialistic of sports, the profitable features of sports have…
Illegality of Betting in Online Gaming, by Shrey Tandon
Introduction The technological development of the country had witnessed a new type of gambling classified as “Online Gambling”. It generally refers, the use of the internet for placing a bet and earning money over the internet[i]. The users of the internet were growing at an average of more than 7,00,000 new users each day[ii]. A…
Net Neutrality: Present Scenario and Solutions, by Shrey Tandon
Introduction Net neutrality has raised an alarming concern about the internet’s open, accessible, and innovative features. In the case of Comcast, internet service providers had enforced discriminatory access and blocking. To ensure that peer-to-peer software should not harm the quality of the internet, the pressure was transferred from content providers to internet service providers. The…
Crowdfunding for Films in India, by Adv. Vaidehi Harshad Samant
Introduction Film financing is one of the most difficult and least understood challenges faced by a producer and it is burdened with perils for the naive. It is an aspect of filmmaking that occurs during the development stage of the project prior to pre-production and is concerned with determining the potential value of a proposed…
Regulator in demand for social media platforms restricting free speech- A legal perspective, by Adv. Vaidehi Harshad Samant
In India freedom of expression and freedom of speech is guaranteed to all the citizens as being classified under fundamental rights under the Constitution of India. However, the Constitution of India also provides for reasonable restrictions against free speech in the interests of sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly…
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