Ripping YouTube streams to MP3 files is something millions of people do every day. Most probably have no idea of the legal battles playing out behind the scenes, including at the High Court in London which declared YouTube ripping illegal in 2021. Those who rely on UK national newspaper The Sun for their cutting-edge legal advice know that the High Court was wrong and YouTube ripping is entirely legal.
After informing rightsholders there would be no new legislation to tackle online piracy of live sports, the European Commission said it would come up with a "toolbox" to fight illegal streams - under existing law already dismissed by rightsholders as inadequate. The EC's recommendations have already leaked online and according to reports, rightsholders are very disappointed.
Members of the Indian Music Industry (IMI), the apex body representing music labels in India and the Indian Singers Rights Association (ISRA), the apex body representing singers in India have signed an agreement that covers all record labels, singers and musicians on a pan-India basis and will help the music market grow for the benefit of all stakeholders across the music ecosystem in India.
Digital has emerged as a significant contributor to the growth of the music industry in India with daily streams seeing a surge of 1.6 times to reach 460 million in FY23, according to a report by Redseer Strategy Consultants, a tech and data-driven consultancy firm.
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles is expanding its efforts to engage the industry side of the business and in June will host its inaugural IFFLA Industry Day.
When Brazil's Ministry of Justice announced in February that two of the largest anime piracy sites in the country had been "taken down," we suspected there might be more to it than 'just' that. We can now confirm that this wave of 'Operation Anime' was led by anti-piracy group CODA and involved several police operations, plus "knock-and-talks" at pirates' homes. In total, 31 sites were shut down and another five threw in the towel.
Speaking at the CII Dakshin South India Media & Entertainment Summit 2023, the I&B minister stated that the Indian M&E sector is estimated to reach the target of US $70 billion by the year 2030
Organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), southern region, the event kicked off with recent south Indian Oscar winners, Kartiki Gonsalves, director of winning documentary short “The Elephant Whisperers” and Prem Rakshit, choreographer of winning original song “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR” being felicitated.
The panelists were drawn from different disciplines: Oscar-winning documentary director Morgan Neville, filmmaker/showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna, producer Paul Perez (Perez Pictures), Walt Disney Animation Studios vfx supervisor Marlon West and previsualization expert Chris Edwards (The Third Floor).
The Union Cabinet approved the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2023 on Wednesday, which includes provisions to prevent the transmission of pirated film content over the Internet, according to Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur. Briefing the media on the Union Cabinet’s choices, Thakur stated that the bill will be submitted in the following session of Parliament.