| MUMBAI:
The next hearing on the interim injunction granted to T-Series against lehren.tv
by the Delhi High Court on 6 March is scheduled to come up in the second week
of this month. The
court had in an interim injunction restrained lehren.tv from broadcasting and
telecasting contents of T-Series in any manner. T-Series had moved the court seeking
permanent injunction and damages.
T-Series
had served a notice to lehren.tv to stop using its songs and copyright works for
programming their content. However, when the website continued copyright works
without a valid licence and infringed their copyright, the company said it was
left with no option but to move the court.
Advocate
Rahul Ajatshatru, representing T-Series in the case, elaborated that this was
yet another case where courts have recognised infringement of copyright on Internet.
"It is a welcome legal position. Unlicensed exploitation of work (infringement)
is like termite and if not checked properly in all spheres including internet
and new media will seriously threaten viability and sustainability of legitimate
business which at the end means creativity on the whole" he said. Elaborating
on the subject, Lehren TV managing director Mrityunjay Panday said, "An ex-parte
injunction order has been passed against us. It is true that we had been served
a notice by T-Series against using their content. We had responded to it, but
they thought that the legal option was the best to serve their interests. We are
not people who want to violate the law and will give a right answer in the next
hearing scheduled somewhere in the second week of April." Countering
Pandey's claim, T-Series president, marketing, media and publishing Vinod Bhanushali
said, " The order has been slapped on Lehren.tv for usage of our audio content
without paying the required license fees. I am of the feeling that they couldn't
understand the contents of the notice that we had sent to them earlier." | 
