I've always been amazed and bit jealous of how 'fair use' has been enforced in U.S. especially when the movie scenes are used casually in YouTube videos like that of Wisecrack.
Curious, I checked Indian law and found detailed 'Exceptions To Infringement Under Copyright Act, 1957'[1].
Namely,
> (ii) criticism or review, whether of that work or of any other work;
Meaning I could theoretically create Wiscrack type video for a Bollywood movie and would be legally valid. But alas, I know for certain that if I'm critical of some movie or say even a TV serial I'll be sued my butts off the next day and I may or may not get vindicated in next 10 years.
I would really like to showcase the casual marital rape attempts or pseudoscience from TV serials, But it's not worth the fallout. Apart from copyright, They would file for defamation as well.
Recently an Indian media conglomerate filed $13,7 million defamation on a smaller YouTube based news outlet for criticizing their reportage[2]
Curious, I checked Indian law and found detailed 'Exceptions To Infringement Under Copyright Act, 1957'[1].
Namely,
> (ii) criticism or review, whether of that work or of any other work;
Meaning I could theoretically create Wiscrack type video for a Bollywood movie and would be legally valid. But alas, I know for certain that if I'm critical of some movie or say even a TV serial I'll be sued my butts off the next day and I may or may not get vindicated in next 10 years.
I would really like to showcase the casual marital rape attempts or pseudoscience from TV serials, But it's not worth the fallout. Apart from copyright, They would file for defamation as well.
Recently an Indian media conglomerate filed $13,7 million defamation on a smaller YouTube based news outlet for criticizing their reportage[2]
[1] https://copyright.gov.in/Exceptions.aspx
[2] https://cpj.org/2021/01/times-of-india-parent-company-sues-m...