After specifically prohibiting copying to CD, DVD, pen drives, hard drives or tapes, the orders move on to the issue of ISP blocking.
Nevertheless, the injunction was handed down via two separate orders, which together prohibit anyone from copying, recording, camcording, making available, uploading, downloading, exhibiting or playing the movie without a license. The judge said that if an interim injunction wasn't immediately granted, it would "result in alleged piracy being completed in all and every aspect of the matter." That would in turn lead to an "irreversible situation" and "irreparable legal injury incapable of compensation."ĭue to the urgency, the respondents in the case – including 40 internet service providers - weren't notified of the legal action. After reading through the Reliance application, the judge declared that Reliance had made its case and that an injunction was appropriate. How far he was prepared to go still came as a surprise. With words such as "imminent" and "threat" featured early on, it was already clear which way the judge was leaning. On September 30, the day of the movie's release, the Court published its orders, noting that substantial sums had been invested in 'Vikram Vedha' and the movie was expected to screen in 3,000 cinemas worldwide. Given that courts in other countries can take months over a decision, the Madras High Court needed to act quickly. The goal was to protect the movie from online piracy following its premiere last Friday. Īfter obtaining certification for its new movie 'Vikram Vedha' last Monday, Reliance Entertainment filed an injunction application the next day. From there, the site-blocking train gathered steam and hasn't looked back. Having obtained one injunction, to the surprise of no one Reliance Entertainment immediately sought and obtained another. In an early case, movie company Reliance Entertainment went to court to protect the movie 'Singham' and came away with an order that compelled ISPs to temporarily block sites including Megaupload, Megavideo, Rapidshare, Putlocker, Hotfile and Fileserve. India began blocking pirate sites in 2011 but the public had no idea it was coming. In advance of the movie 'Vikram Vedha' premiering in cinemas last Friday, a judge handed down an injunction that ordered 40 internet service providers to proactively and immediately block an unprecedented 13,445 sites.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: A court in India has granted what appears to be the most aggressive site-blocking injunction in the history of copyright law.
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