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Online viewing of pirated films not a punishable offence: Bombay HC

Online viewing of pirated films not a punishable offence: Bombay HC

| | 05 Sep 2016, 11:45 am
Mumbai, Sept 5 (IBNS): In a recent verdict, the Bombay High Court said that it's unfair to state that viewing a pirated copy of a film online is punishable offence under the Copyright Act, reports said.

Justice Gautam Patel was quoted in the media as saying, "The offence is not in viewing, but in making a prejudicial distribution, a public exhibition or letting for sale or hire without appropriate permission copyright-protected material."

Justice Patel has asked Internet Service Providers (ISP) to drop the line, "viewing, downloading, exhibiting or duplicating' a particular film is a penal offence" and replace it with a more generic message of blocking URL's infringing the protocol.

The Judge has also asked ISP's, including Vodafone and MTNL, to appoint a nodal officer who can respond to complaints withing two working days.

 

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