Delhi HC Restrains Rogue Websites From Illegally Streaming Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt’s Film

After
years
of
making,
Ayan
Mukerji’s
upcoming
film

Brahmastra
starring
Ranbir
Kapoor
and
Alia
Bhatt
will
all
set
to
hit
the
theatrical
screens
this
week.
Before
that,
the
Delhi
High
Court
has
blocked
several
‘rogue’
websites,
saying
that
piracy
has
to
be
curbed
and
dealt
with
a
heavy
hand.

This
ex
parte
interim
order
was
passed
by
Justice
Jyoti
Singh
after
a
lawsuit
was
moved
by
Star
India
Pvt
Ltd,
co-producer
of
Brahmastra
in
relation
with
copyright
infringement.

Singh
noted
thatthe
availability
of
the
film
online
at
the
same
time
as
its
theatrical
release
or
in
close
proximity
of
the
release
would
severely
impact
the
producers’
financially
and
also
erode
the
value
of
the
film.

As
per
a
report
in
PTI,
the
court
in
its
order
dated
September
2
stated,
“There
is
no
gain
saying
that
piracy
has
to
be
curbed
and
needs
to
be
dealt
with
a
heavy
hand
and
injunction
against
screening
of
copyrighted
content
by
rogue
websites
ought
to
be
granted…
Plaintiff
has
made
out
a
prima
facie
case
for
grant
of
ex
parte
ad-interim
relief.”

“Defendants
No.
1
to
18
(rogue
websites)
and
all
others
acting
for
and/or
on
their
behalf
are
restrained
from
in
any
manner
hosting,
streaming,
retransmitting,
exhibiting,
making
available
for
viewing
and
downloading,
providing
access
to
and/or
communicating
to
the
public,
displaying,
uploading,
modifying,
publishing,
updating
and/or
sharing
on
their
websites
through
the
internet
or
any
other
platform,
the
film

Brahmastra:
Part
One
–
Shiva
and
contents
related
thereto,
so
as
to
infringe
the
Plaintiff’s
copyright
therein,
till
the
next
date
of
hearing,”
the
court
mentioned
in
its
order.

The
court
in
its
order
directed
the
‘Domain
Name
Registrants’
to
suspend/block
the
domain
names
registrations
of
the
rouge
websites
named
by
the
plaintiff.
It
also
asked
the
Centre
to
issue
necessary
notifications
calling
upon
the
internet
service
providers
to
block
access
to
these
illegal
websites.

The
Delhi
High
Court
further
issued
summons
on
the
lawsuit
by
the
plaintiff
and
listed
the
case
for
further
hearing
on
November
29.

Directed
by
Ayan
Mukerji,

Brahmastra
features
Ranbir
Kapoor,
Alia
Bhatt,
Amitabh
Bachchan
and
Mouni
Roy
in
pivotal
roles
with
cameos
by
Nagarjuna
Akkineni
and
Shah
Rukh
Khan.