Times Internet has agreed to stop streaming Tips Music's songs on the web versions of Radio Mirchi and Ishq 104.8 FM, the latter being owned by the India Today group. The interim agreement came after Tips filed a case in the Bombay High Court to restrain Times Internet and Ishq 104.8 FM from broadcasting their music without a licensing agreement. In a statement, Tips said: This matter raises the question of applicability of the compulsory license order passed by the Copyright Board vide its Order dated 25th August, 2010 in accordance with powers provided under Section 31(1)(b) of the Copyright Act, 1957 pursuant to which the FM broadcasters can broadcast sound recordings owned by the members of Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) at a fixed royalty rate of 2% of net advertisement earnings of each FM radio station. [linkout to order by us] Times Internet's legal representation filed a statement saying that while it was not going to stream Tips music on web radio for the moment, it will not rule out the possibility of filing for a statutory license to get the rights to Tips songs without an agreement from the label. This comes on the heels of Gaana and Tips Music's streaming deal falling through. Tips and Times Internet were represented by Virag Tulzapurkar and Virendra Tulzapurkar respectively; the two brothers, in opposite sides of the case, are reputed copyright lawyers in Mumbai. Tips has argued that since it left a union of labels whose music is subject to a…
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