Bombay High Court bars piracy of 'Ramayana' ahead of its 5 November release
An interim 'dynamic' injunction lets the rights holder have infringing links blocked without returning to court.
The Bombay High Court has granted a dynamic ad-interim injunction to protect Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana from piracy before the film's release, which Outlook and other outlets put at 5 November. The order was passed on Monday, 2 November, in a copyright suit by Godpower Media Private Limited, which says it holds the film's rights, Bar and Bench reported (Godpower Media Pvt Ltd v. John Does & Ors).
The order restrains unidentified "John Doe" entities and digital platforms from recording, hosting or streaming the film without authorisation. It is "dynamic": once Godpower notifies an infringing link in writing, internet service providers and social-media intermediaries must block or take it down without the producer going back to court, and the order covers links that appear later. Justice Madhav Jamdar passed it, according to Outlook.
Bar and Bench described the film as made on a budget of Rs 2,000 crore for Part I. Reports of advance bookings differ widely, so we have not used a figure. The injunction is interim and does not settle the copyright suit.
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