A 40-year-old man once labelled a major figure in India’s online piracy world has been formally acquitted  after more than a decade of criminal proceedings tied to the defunct torrent site TellyTorrents . TorrentFreak Background: In the summer of 2015, Pune police arrested Priyank Pardeshi  during a visit to India, accusing him of running TellyTorrents  a site notorious for hosting pirated Bollywood films, including early leaks of blockbuster Bahubali . At the time, police al

Film groups representing Bollywood and Hollywood are lobbying the Indian government to ensure their works are not used by AI companies to train their LLMs. The Producers Guild of India and US Motion Picture Association have written to a government review panel set up to review AI and copyright. The groups expressed concern that AI firms could scrape their film content and even use pirated content in their LLMs. At present the Indian copyright law does cover AI use. The letter

A famous Bollywood couple have taken legal action against YouTube and its parent company, Google. The actors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan filed lawsuits in the Delhi High Court seeking a permanent injunction against misuse of their likeness, voice, and image in AI-generated deepfake content. The lawsuits cite several explicit and fictitious manipulated videos, some of which had amassed millions of views on YouTube channels. Beyond demanding the removal of this

As reported by Storyboard18, the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has welcomed the Ministry of Information and...

The global reach of Indian court orders continues to expand, with the latest example being a FIFA Club World Cup piracy-blocking order...

The European Commission’s Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List  provides an in-depth examination of the evolving landscape of global content...

The USTR’s Annual Special 301 report on IP in US trade partners has just been released. A huge question was what would be the impact of...

Representational Image | Image from Pexels via https://theprint.in/ Controversial Bill Sparks Public Outcry A new anti-piracy bill backed...

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The Federation of Indian Publishers represents Indian publishers including Rupa Publications, S Chand and Co and international publishers...

A new EY-IAMAI report exposes the staggering INR 224 billion annual loss due to media piracy in India, urging collaborative industry...

In a landmark decision, the Delhi High Court ordered the blocking of 45 illegal streaming websites engaged in unauthorised distribution...

Indian authorities conducted raids on 20 locations to crack down on illegal T20 World Cup streaming operations, uncovering a link between...

study reveals that digital piracy in India, which caused $3.08 billion in financial losses in 2022, significantly heightens the risk of mal

The Delhi High Court granted major streaming platforms a "dynamic+" injunction, allowing immediate legal action against evolving digital...

In an age where innovation and creativity are at the forefront of global competitiveness, the United States is grappling with an issue...

Introduction: As reported by law.asia the legal case of Star India Private Limited and Anor v JioLive.tv and Ors has significantly...

Torrent Freak reports that a soon-to-be-published joint paper prepared by MUSO and Kearny estimates that there were an astonishing 141...