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The SC judgment means that Siti would technically be violating
Star and Sony's copyright if it carries the networks' channels on
its HITS platform in the absence of an agreement.
Siti Cable and another Subhash Chandra company, ASC Enterprises,
had moved the MRTPC against Star India, Sony Entertainment Television
Singapore Pvt Ltd, SET India, ESPN- Star Sports and the MSO Hathway
Datacom (in which Star has a 26 per cent stake) seeking prevention
against trade practices that could amount to being monopolistic.
"Because the various acts/omissions of the respondents in refusing
to cooperate and enter into any sort of arrangement/agreement with
the complainants herein for the implementation of CAS via HITS is
a monopolistic, restrictive and unfair trade practice in terms of
the Monopolistic, Restrictive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, 1969,"
Siti cable/ASC's petition before the MRTPC had stated.
It had further said that all other pay channels had agreed to join
the HITS platform, being conscious of their obligation to achieve
what the government has sought to do by the introduction of CAS
in the larger public interest.
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