According to the suit, the film that is based on the life of a woman, who is on a mission to sell condoms to men in rural Madhya Pradesh, was released on June 10, 2022 across the world. It was released in 600 theatres in India alone.
However, on June 11, the makers of the film found the links of their film’s pirated version in a chat group on social media app, Telegram.
It highlighted that this piracy has resulted in revenue loss for the producers.
Further, the movie became freely available on the internet and no user would now want to watch it on an Over The Top (OTT) platform, which would mean that no OTT platform would now want to air the film on its brand.
The bench noted that similar orders were passed in the case of Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. vs Hathway Sonali Om Crystal Cable Pvt. Ltd. in December 2015, which pertained to the leaking of pirated copies of Shahrukh Khan-starrer film Dilwale.
“In fact, this case is on a higher footing, considering that the subject film was already released on June 10, 2022 and thereafter, the infringing links of the internet have surfaced. Thus, it appears that directly a revenue loss has been incurred to the plaintiff apart from the infringing links prima facie infringing the copyright held by the producers or plaintiffs in the subject film,” Justice Chagla held.
Source: Barandbench
