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Protection of Hot News under the Broadcasting Laws in India

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Title Protection of Hot News under the Broadcasting Laws in India
 
Creator Mittal, Raman
Kuhad, Satyarth
 
Subject Hot News
Broadcast
Live Telecast
Broadcasters Rights
Copyright
Unjust Enrichment
 
Description 375-388
Hot news has enormous value and as the name itself describes, it is new as well as hot which makes it highly exploitative
commercially. The growing economic significance of the broadcast industry has intensified the competition among the
broadcasters to exploit hot news. The craving for hot news amongst the masses sometimes stirs the competitors to free ride
over the efforts of the original gatherer. The disputes arising out of this fact led to the birth of “doctrine of hot news'' in the
United States of America, which injuncted the free rider from misappropriating the hot news. Indian courts acknowledged
this doctrine protecting the broadcasting organisations until 2013 when the position was overturned and dissemination of the
hot news by free riders was legitimised. To understand the present as well as the correct position of hot news, the actual
character of hot news and its relevance, the paper analyses the broadcasting laws of India vis-a-vis the protectability of hot
news. The research finds that various laws, having a bearing on the Broadcasting Sector, including Copyright Act, Contract
Act, Tort Law along with the Constitution of India contain enough provisions for protection of hot news.
 
Date 2024-09-06T06:42:21Z
2024-09-06T06:42:21Z
2024-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1076 (Online); 0971-7544 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/64477
https://doi.org/10.56042/jipr.v29i5.4017
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source JIPR Vol.29(5) [September 2024]