Oct 01, 2016

Statutory License for Internet Broadcasting under the Copyright Act, 1957

DIPP issued an office memorandum dated September 5, 2016, clarifying that internet broadcasting companies are also covered, along with radio and television broadcasting organizations, within the statutory licensing regime prescribed under Section 31D of the Copyright Act, 1957 (‘CR Act’). This view was taken based on a broad interpretation of the words “any broadcasting organization desirous of communicating to the public” under Section 31D of the CR Act read with the definition of the term “broadcast” under Section 2(dd) of the CR Act and the definition of the term “communication to the public” under Section 2(ff) of the CR Act.

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