Author name: Mrinalini Kochupillai

I came across a recent article on India’s attempt to step up the fight against piracy. Articles on piracy or efforts to curb it are certainly not rare. I’ve personally heard it being debated and discussed ad nauseum at numerous public and private fora. This time though, it stirred a little bit more interest in me than before. Admittedly, one of the reasons for this might be that I’ve been reading the book “Hot Property” by Pat Choate. The book

Funny how the Indian Entertainment Industry seems somewhat schizophrenic at times! Readers might recall that in my last post on the Urmi Juvekar copyright infringement case, I had said it is strange that the courts seem to have found a concept to be copyrightable. I also opined that the copyright laws don’t seem to warrant such a decision even though equity would certainly call for it. A recent newspaper report might actually strengthen the argument in favor of Ms. Juvekar’s

If the caption does not a ring a bell it is probably because most popular newspapers have not been covering this matter. There are of course a number of reports on the facts of the case on the internet (See for example, here, here and here) but I haven’t so far come across any analysis of the law relevant to the case. This is probably because the judgment itself is very hard to get a hold of. Thanks to my