This document discusses two cases related to copyright: T-Series vs Guruji.com and Rogers vs Koons. In the first case, T-Series, an Indian music label, accused Guruji.com, an Indian search engine, of copyright infringement for linking to pirated music sites. Guruji.com was found to be in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and removed music search functions from its site. In the second case, photographer Art Rogers sued artist Jeff Koons for copyright infringement after Koons used Rogers' photograph without permission in one of his art installations. The court ruled in favor of Rogers, rejecting Koons' fair use defense.

1. SUBMITTED TO: Mr. Aditya Upadhyay
Copyright
SUBMITTED BY: Swati Joshi
M.F.M. 3rd Sem
NIFT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

2. ASSIGNMENT: 2 cases studies on Copyright.
Copyright is a right given by the law to creators of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works and procedures of cinematograph films and sound recordings.

3. ….Copyright in Music
•is the Exclusive right a creator of a piece of music has, to prevent others from using it without his/her permission.
• is also the permission a non-creator of music gets from the creator of a piece of music to use it.

4. CASE-1
“T-series Vs Guruji.com”

5. The Case
MUSIC PIRACY
GURUJI.COM
T-SERIES
GURUJI.COM Vs T-SERIES
DMCA ACT

6. •T-Series which stands for Trishul Series is a music label owned by the company Super Casettes Limited (SCL).
•Guruji.com founded by two IITian graduates in 2006. indigenously made search engine.
• Indian music industry is a consortium of 142 companies .
•Piracy: Most serious problem faced by Indian Music Industry.
•Guruji.com, a Sequoia Capital funded search engine focused on Music Search, allows users to locate and play music from sites like Songs.pk, MusicPlug.in, PZ10.com and BollyMobile.in.
•Anurag Dod, founder and CEO, Guruji.com has been arrested in Bangalore on charges of making available copies of the copyrighted musical works owned by T- Series (Super Cassettes Industries).

7. •Digital Millennium Copyright Act was passed in 1998
•Under this act, it is a crime to produce technology, tool s and services which fudge the access to copyrighted works.
•DMCA also take care to amplify the penalties for copyright infringement on the internet.

8. • Guruji.com removed the search links for music and songs from its site.
• Shut down its music search site.
OUTCOME

9. CASE-2
“Rogers Vs Koons”

11. •Photographer Art Rogers shot a photograph of a couple holding a line of puppies in a row and sold it for use in greeting cards and similar products.
Internationally, renowned artist Jeff Koons in the process of creating an exhibit on the banality of everyday items, ran across Rodgers’ photograph and used it to create a set of statues based on the image.

12. •Upon discovering the copy, Rodgers sued Koons for copyright. Koons responded by claiming fair use by parody.
• The court found the similarities between the 2 images too close, and that a “typical person” would be able to recognize the copy.
• Koon’s defense was rejected under the argument that he could have used a more generic source to make the same statement — without copying Roger’s work. Koons was forced to pay a monetary settlement to Rodgers.
OUTCOME

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