ZEE Leisure Enterprises (ZEEL) has secured a ‘Dynamic+’ John Doe order from the Delhi Excessive Courtroom, providing intensive safety for its content material library, together with movies, TV exhibits, and OTT titles on ZEE5. The order addresses digital piracy by permitting speedy motion whereas adhering to procedural safeguards, marking a big step in Indian copyright legislation.
The order grants ZEEL with authority to counter on-line infringement throughout the expansive digital panorama. It allows ZEEL to straight notify the Division of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Electronics and Data Expertise (MeitY), and Web Service Suppliers (ISPs) every time new content material infringing web sites are found. This course of ensures swift blocking actions, considerably enhancing the pace and effectivity of piracy countermeasures.
The court docket’s directive contains essential measures:
- Blocking of 60 web sites: The primary court docket injunction order which restrained a complete of 103 rogue web sites indulging in unauthorised content material streaming of ZEEL’s content material library, together with films, TV exhibits, and OTT content material on ZEE5
- Notification course of: ZEEL to inform DoTs, MeitY, and ISPs straight to dam extra infringing websites, expediting enforcement with out requiring extra court docket order(s)
- Broader scope of safety: Extending past the extraordinary scope restricted to stay sporting occasions, this mandate allows Zeel to guard its whole leisure catalogue
ZEEL is positioned to use this order throughout any infringing websites recognized sooner or later. This advantages a broader content material ecosystem, guaranteeing the longevity of high-quality digital leisure for ZEEL/ZEE5’s various viewers. This proactive anti-piracy order moreover fosters a safer on-line setting for content material creators and units a brand new trade benchmark in digital copyright enforcement.Saikrishna & Associates serves because the authorized counsel for Zee Leisure Enterprises (ZEEL) in securing the Dynamic+ John Doe order.
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