Delhi High Court directs WhatsApp to suspend services of users pirating Salman Khan starrer Radhe тАУ Your Most Wanted Bhai : Bollywood News
Salman Khan starrer┬аRadhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai┬аreleased on May 13 on the occasion of Eid on a streaming platform┬аZEE5тАЩs pay-per-view service ZEEPlex. The film was also supposed to be released in theatres but due to the lockdown, theatres are closed. Earlier this month, Salman took to social media to warn those who are pirating the movie. Even Zee Entertainment Enterprise has officially filed a complaint at the Cyber Cell owing to piracy. Now, the┬аDelhi High Court has directed WhatsApp to suspend the accounts that are illegally and unauthorisedly sharing the pirated copies of Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai.
Single Judge Bench of┬аJustice Sanjeev Narula passed the interim order. According to Bar and Bench, the court order mentions, “The Plaintiff has filed the instant suit for permanent injunction, rendition of accounts and damages for the infringement of PlaintiffтАЩs exclusive license and exploitation rights in the cinematograph film тАШRadhe: Your Most Wanted BhaiтАЩ (in short тАШthe filmтАЩ). As stated in the plaint, the Plaintiff is the exclusive licensee and holder of various exploitation rights including Theatrical Rights, Satellite Rights, On Demand Rights, etc. in and to the film, including, inter alia, the exclusive right to distribute/ exhibit/release the film and/or make the film available to the public through theatrical, internet, digital and online streaming platforms/OTT platforms, Transactional Video On Demand (TVOD) etc.”
Further, on piracy, it mentions, “The film was released on 13th May, 2021 on the PlaintiffтАЩs digital entertainment streaming service тАШZee 5тАЩ for public viewing on a pay-per view basis. The Plaintiff received information that the film was victim to rampant piracy through social media platforms, including the messaging service тАШWhatsAppтАЩ. The Plaintiff became aware that several infringing/illegal copies of the film and also various video clips thereof have been made/created/stored and are being unlawfully copied, stored, reproduced, transmitted, circulated, shared, sold and/or being made available for illegal and unauthorised viewing, download and storage to public at large by individuals on several social media platforms, including тАШWhatsAppтАЩ. On 14th May, 2021, Plaintiff also filed a complaint before the Inspector General of Police, Maharashtra Cyber Digital Crime Unit under the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957 (in short тАШthe ActтАЩ), against known and unknown persons including Defendant Nos. 1 and 2. On 15th May, 2021, a similar complaint was also filed before the Additional Commissioner of Police, Central Region, Cyber Cell against Defendant Nos. 2, 4, 8 and several other unknown persons. Pursuant to the said complaint, an FIR bearing no. 10/2021 dated 17th May, 2021 has been registered at the Cyber Cell. The Plaintiff further states that it has reached out to Defendant No. 9 тАУ WhatsApp LLC, through various channels and shared the details of the phone numbers who were sharing infringing copies of the film on WhatsApp without permission, however, no response has been received. The Plaintiff has also impleaded Defendant No. 13, as тАШAshok KumarтАЩ to ensure that the order passed by this Court, is also effective against any other unidentified individual, who, during the course of the proceedings is indulging or engaging in activities infringing the rights of the Plaintiff.”
Alongside Salman Khan, Radhe also stars Disha Patani, Randeep Hooda, and Jackie Shroff in pivotal roles. The movie is presented by Salman Khan films in association with ZEE Studios, produced By Salma Khan, Sohail Khan and Reel Life Production Pvt. limited.
ALSO READ: Zee files a complaint at Cyber Cell regarding piracy of Salman Khan starrer Radhe тАУ Your Most Wanted Bhai
More Pages: Radhe – Your Most Wanted Bhai Box Office Collection , Radhe – Your Most Wanted Bhai Movie Review
BOLLYWOOD NEWS
Catch us for latest Bollywood News, New Bollywood Movies update, Box office collection, New Movies Release , Bollywood News Hindi, Entertainment News, Bollywood News Today & upcoming movies 2020 and stay updated with latest hindi movies only on Bollywood Hungama.