{"id":32681,"date":"2014-03-25T10:39:25","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T05:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=32681"},"modified":"2014-03-25T10:39:25","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T05:09:25","slug":"photojournalists-need-register-copyrights-cji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/photojournalists-need-register-copyrights-cji","title":{"rendered":"Photojournalists need to register their copyrights: CJI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/plea-addressing-lordship-sir\/sathashivam\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30805\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30805\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/plea-addressing-lordship-sir\/sathashivam\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/sathashivam.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sathashivam\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/sathashivam.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30805 alignright\" alt=\"sathashivam\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/sathashivam-150x112.jpg?resize=150%2C112&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/sathashivam.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/sathashivam.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Chief Justice of India P. 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