High Court’s latest statement On Online Piracy

In the times once filmmakers and on-line content suppliers across the country ar fighting a brave battle against on-line piracy that is inflicting thousands of crores of losses annually, the city High Court’s latest statement can come upon as an enormous shocker.

Recently, the manufacturers of the movie industry action film, Dishoom, stirred the city court against the web piracy sites that ar illicitly streaming their film. In its response, the city court same that “mere viewing of pirated films on-line can not be thought of Associate in Nursing offence underneath the Copyright Act”.

“The offence isn't in viewing, however in creating a damaging distribution, a public exhibition or lease purchasable or rent while not applicable permission, copyright-protected material,” the court same.

The court additional asked the web service suppliers (ISPs) to show a generic message for infringement of copyright within the error message that's displayed once a blocked website is accessed, rather than the road “viewing, downloading, exhibiting or duplicating a selected film may be a penal offence”.