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No Euphoria for Pirates: Copyright infringement injunction against rogue websites

Banner with a purple neon city skyline, a judge’s gavel on the left, a hooded figure using a phone on the right, and the headline “NO EUPHORIA FOR PIRATES.”

The Delhi High Court granted an ex parte ad interim injunction in favor of HBO, to protect Euphoria from online piracy ahead of its India release. The court noted that rogue websites could cause immediate commercial harm and directed blocking measures against the identified websites.

MS Subbulakshmi Biopic: Who Owns the Copyright over the Script?

A dignified elderly South Indian singer lady in a traditional silk saree and garland, holding a musical instruments, stands center stage with a composed expression. The background features festive lights and garlands, with gold line-art illustrations of a book, pen and idea being expressed through writing on one side and a film crew overlaying the scene on another side.

In a case between Rajiv Menon and Dr. M.P. Somaprasad, the Karnataka High Court was asked to decide who owned the copyright over the script “MS and Bala” for a biopic on M.S. Subbulakshmi. The Court held that the script was an original work of the defendant and not based on the plaintiff’s book.