By Emmanuel Legrand
India's collecting society Phonographic Performance Limited India (PPL India) has asked the Delhi High Court to reconsider and reverse the May 25, 2021 decision from the Registrar of Copyrights to reject PPL India's application to be a registered copyright society. PPL India is a collective rights organisation collecting royalties for the use of sound recordings.
The case goes back to when the country adopted the Copyright Act Amendments (2012) and the Copyright Rules (2013), which required existing copyright societies to get re-registered within a specific time frame. PPL applied in 2014 and then withdrew its registration, only to re-submit it in 2018.
The Delhi High Court declined to issue an injunction reversing the Registrar's decision, while at the same time restraining the government from taking action "inconsistent with the position" that PPL’s application for registration may yet be revived, according to Spicy IP.
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