Various pirated websites allow you to stream copyrighted content like Stranger Things, Friends, The Jungle Book, The Squid Game, and others in real time and also allowed to download the same without authorisation. To solve this rampant online piracy, Warner Bros., Apple, Crunchyroll, Disney, and Netflix reached the High Court in New Delhi. All these companies are members of the Motion Picture Association and operate as global entertainment companies with substantial copyright portfolios in films and series.
It was revealed that the companies have sent repeated take-down notices, but the websites did not stop the illegal activity. Responding to this matter, Justice Tejas Karia has granted a Dynamic+ Injunction in favour of the above-mentioned companies.
According to the High Court, “ To keep up with the hydra-headed nature of the infringement actions of such infringing domain/ websites, this Court finds it fit to grant a Dynamic+ Injunction’ to protect the Plaintiffs’ Copyrighted Works as soon as they are created, to ensure that no irreparable loss is caused to the owners of Copyrighted Works, as there is an imminent possibility of the Plaintiffs’ Copyrighted Works being uploaded on Infringing Websites or their server versions immediately thereafter.”
It is said that the plaintiffs had made out a strong prima facie case of copyright infringement. The Court has enabled the plaintiffs to implead future mirror, redirect, or alphanumeric variants of the infringing websites without returning to court repeatedly. There are a total of 163 piracy sites included in the order.
The High Court directed the domain name registrars to lock and suspend the infringing domain within 72 hours. It also ordered them to file all the Basic Subscriber Information, including the name, address, contact information, email addresses, bank details, IP addresses, and any other relevant information of the operators in a sealed cover. The Internet Service Providers are said to block access to the websites identified by the Plaintiffs within 72 hours of being communicated with a copy of this Order.
