diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE
similarity index 68%
rename from LICENSE.md
rename to LICENSE
index eae5e1a52..05ec1acee 100644
--- a/LICENSE.md
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2020 Ankit Tiwari,  Suraj Pawar, Amit Gheitya, and Jay Jagtap
+Copyright (c) 2023 Aditya Pai, Ananya Mantravadi, Rishi Singhal, Samarth Shetty
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN 
-THE SOFTWARE.
+ ORIGINAL AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR 
+ OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, 
+ ARISING FROM, OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORIGINAL SOFTWARE OR THE USE
+  OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE ORIGINAL SOFTWARE OR THE NEW EXTENSIONS.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 45d04eaf8..7d16ec9f5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 """
+Copyright (c) 2023 Aditya Pai, Ananya Mantravadi, Rishi Singhal, Samarth Shetty
+This code is licensed under MIT license (see LICENSE for details)
+
+@author: PopcornPicks
+
 Movie Recommender Setup Script
 
 This script is used to package and distribute the Movie Recommender project.
diff --git a/src/prediction_scripts/item_based.py b/src/prediction_scripts/item_based.py
index 887051dad..40e677b6c 100644
--- a/src/prediction_scripts/item_based.py
+++ b/src/prediction_scripts/item_based.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 """
-This module provides a recommendation system for movies based on user ratings.
-It uses user ratings data and movie information to generate movie recommendations for new users.
+Copyright (c) 2023 Aditya Pai, Ananya Mantravadi, Rishi Singhal, Samarth Shetty
+This code is licensed under MIT license (see LICENSE for details)
+
+@author: PopcornPicks
 """
 
 import os
diff --git a/src/recommenderapp/app.py b/src/recommenderapp/app.py
index 4b351b256..22471b4ae 100644
--- a/src/recommenderapp/app.py
+++ b/src/recommenderapp/app.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 """
-Module for routing all calls from the frontend
+Copyright (c) 2023 Aditya Pai, Ananya Mantravadi, Rishi Singhal, Samarth Shetty
+This code is licensed under MIT license (see LICENSE for details)
+
+@author: PopcornPicks
 """
 
 import json
diff --git a/src/recommenderapp/search.py b/src/recommenderapp/search.py
index 56ee49a6f..20b8fb3be 100644
--- a/src/recommenderapp/search.py
+++ b/src/recommenderapp/search.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 """
-Search feature for the web application
-"""
+Copyright (c) 2023 Aditya Pai, Ananya Mantravadi, Rishi Singhal, Samarth Shetty
+This code is licensed under MIT license (see LICENSE for details)
 
+@author: PopcornPicks
+"""
 import os
 import pandas as pd
 #from flask import jsonify, request, render_template
diff --git a/src/recommenderapp/utils.py b/src/recommenderapp/utils.py
index 088777c8a..bdb9a899c 100644
--- a/src/recommenderapp/utils.py
+++ b/src/recommenderapp/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-""" Module contains utility functions used for various purposes in the backend """
+"""
+Copyright (c) 2023 Aditya Pai, Ananya Mantravadi, Rishi Singhal, Samarth Shetty
+This code is licensed under MIT license (see LICENSE for details)
+
+@author: PopcornPicks
+"""
 
 import logging
 import smtplib
diff --git a/test/test_search.py b/test/test_search.py
index c67bf631f..face16a0e 100644
--- a/test/test_search.py
+++ b/test/test_search.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 """
+Copyright (c) 2023 Aditya Pai, Ananya Mantravadi, Rishi Singhal, Samarth Shetty
+This code is licensed under MIT license (see LICENSE for details)
+
+@author: PopcornPicks
+
 Test suit for search feature
 """
 
diff --git a/test/test_util.py b/test/test_util.py
index 5c4186533..cc44d83c1 100644
--- a/test/test_util.py
+++ b/test/test_util.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 """
-Test suit for search feature
+Copyright (c) 2023 Aditya Pai, Ananya Mantravadi, Rishi Singhal, Samarth Shetty
+This code is licensed under MIT license (see LICENSE for details)
+
+@author: PopcornPicks
 """
 
 import sys
diff --git a/test/tests.py b/test/tests.py
index 0c3dc58e0..bb79aab8f 100644
--- a/test/tests.py
+++ b/test/tests.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 """
-Test suite for recommender system
+Copyright (c) 2023 Aditya Pai, Ananya Mantravadi, Rishi Singhal, Samarth Shetty
+This code is licensed under MIT license (see LICENSE for details)
+
+@author: PopcornPicks
 """
 
 import sys