Posted on November 12, 2020 Authored by Sarah Sanchez* Can emotions be copyrighted? The famous Sherlock Holmes would have never thought he would be involved in such a mystery. As it turns out, Arthur Conan Doyle’s family, the family of the creator of Sherlock Holmes, is making him the center of it all. Well, not […]
Posted on November 4, 2020 Authored by Anunay Kumar Sharma* Introduction In 2019, Warner Music, the 3rd largest music label in the world with artists such as Led Zeppelin, Ed Sheeran, Madonna signed on – not an artist, but a bundle of code – Endel. Endel is the byproduct of a startup based out of […]
Posted on November 2, 2020 Authored by Aditya Krishna* Introduction In the previous blog in the series on ‘AI and Authorship’, the author explored the discourse taken forward by the Tencent case and deliberated on its contributions towards the concept of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and authorship. This article will constitute the second blog of the series on […]
Posted on October 21, 2020 Authored by Aditya Krishna* Introduction “AI” or Artificial intelligence has been developing in leaps and bounds over the past decades. With many applications emerging, and a multitude more on the horizon, it is inevitable that the legal field is bound to undergo drastic changes to cater for the changing technology […]
Posted on August 25, 2020 Co-authored by Akshat Agrawal & Manika Dayal* Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has halted the world and has affected almost every aspect of an individual’s livelihood. This has led many academic researchers and pharmaceutical companies relentlessly working towards finding both treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. The need for a solution through […]
Posted on July 23, 2020 Authored by Manika Dayal The evident and rapid popularization of social media platforms all over the world arguably functions under the pretext of simplicity. A simple means of connecting communities, cultures, people, traditions, trends and ideologies. In theory the intent behind social media platforms seems almost too idealistic to accomplish. […]
Posted on July 13, 2020 Authored by Tanya Varshney Under the Copyright Act, 1957, copyright protection is extended to three categories of work, namely – (a) original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works; (b) cinematograph films; and (c) sound recordings[1]. Thus, both ‘musical works’ and ‘sound recording’ are covered as copyrightable works under the Act. […]
