Category: Media Laws

2023 Amendments to the IT Rules: Drawing a Curtain on Free Speech

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Post date July 31, 2023
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Sonarekha Ray Introduction Comedian Kunal Kamra filed a petition before the Bombay High Court, flagging several legal flaws and challenging the constitutional validity of the amendments that were passed to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (‘IT Rules’) in April 2023. In response to the petition, the clarifications that […]

Tags Digital Media Ethics Code, Free Speech, Intermediary Guidelines, IT Rules, IT Rules 2023 Amendment, Kunal Kamra, Section 69A, Shreya Singhal

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Revolutionizing the Silver Screen: The Cinematograph Bill Amendment Battles the Menace of Film Piracy

Post author By nualslj
Post date July 25, 2023
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Snigdha Ghose and Durlabhya Singh Introduction India is home to the world’s largest film industry, with a market size of more than 182 billion rupees. In spite of annually producing around 1500 to 2000 films, as per the “Deloitte Report on the Indian Film Industry”, of September 2016, the revenue of the Indian film industry […]

Tags Amendment, Cinematographic Act, Films, Media Law, piracy