<ul></ul><ul><li><keyword id="5325646" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ashok-Kumar-Saxena">Ashok Kumar Saxena</keyword>, who served as a director in <keyword id="2205155" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="One-97-Communication">One 97 Communication</keyword> between 2000-2004, alleged that he had invested in the company for a 55% shareholding. </li><li><keyword id="6357120" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="paytm">Paytm</keyword> in its submission to police confirmed that such a ‘letter of intent’ was signed, but it never materialised into a ‘definitive agreement’ as Saxena ‘lost interest’. </li><li>The digital payments giant has also reportedly claimed that allegations against Paytm are attempts to harass the company. </li></ul>Ashok Kumar Saxena, a former director in Paytm’s parent company One 97 Communications, is now urging India’s market regulator to stall the digital payments giant’s $2.2 billion initial public offering (<keyword id="6354763" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="ipo">IPO</keyword>). Saxena alleges that he is the co-founder of One 97 Communications and had invested about $27,500 in the company about two decades ago. However, the company never transferred his 55% shareholdings to him, as per Saxena. At the centre of the argument is a one-page document signed by Saxena and Paytm founder and chief executive Vijay Shekhar Sharma in 2001. The document reportedly highlights that Saxena would get a 55% equity stake in Paytm's parent company One 97 Communications. The remaining 45% equity shares would be owned by Sharma. As per a media report, the former director of the company had reached out to market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). According to a media report, Saxena had also reached out to Delhi police to file a complaint against the company, but no case was registered. However, Saxena has now reportedly approached a New Delhi court, urging the judge to direct the local police to register a case on his complaint. The court had ordered the police to respond and the matter will be heard on August 23, as per the media report. Business Insider was not able to reach out to Saxena immediately. The development was first<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/exclusive-ex-director-seeks-stall-2-bln-paytm-ipo-company-calls-it-harassment-2021-08-12/"> reported</a> by Reuters. Paytm, in a legal document submitted to the Delhi Police, claimed Saxena's allegations against Paytm are attempts to harass the company, as per the Reuters report. The company has listed the dispute under 'criminal proceedings' in its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) for its IPO. Paytm in the documentation submitted to the Delhi Police, has reportedly agreed that Saxena was one of the first few directors in the company who served between 2000 and 2004. However, a company source has denied that Saxena was the co-founder of One 97 Communications. The document was accessed by Reuters. Business Insider has reached out to Paytm seeking comments. We will be updating the copy if and when we receive a response. The digital payments giant states that Saxena did extend funds to the company, however, he gradually “lost interest”. The company also emphasised that the letter being referred above was merely a “letter of Intent” and not a formal agreement. Paytm has also mentioned this in its legal statement to the police. Saxena had started disassociating himself from the company after the document was signed and stopped attending board meetings, Paytm said in the legal statement. Therefore, the intent never reached a full agreement. Paytm in the legal document also stated that Paytm and Saxena had reached a private understanding and transferred the shares to an Indian firm. Saxena said he had never received any shares and there was no misunderstanding. "The shares and money are one thing, but I also want to be recognised as the co-founder," Saxena told Reuters. SEE ALSO <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/travel-app-ixigo-files-for-a-1600-crore-ipo/articleshow/85292327.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Travel app ixigo files for a ₹1,600 crore IPO</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/ecommerce/news/swiggy-reports-nearly-three-fold-increase-in-annual-revenue-in-neck-and-neck-race-with-zomato/articleshow/85233393.cms">Swiggy reports nearly three-fold increase in annual revenue, in neck and neck race with Zomato</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/lenskart-aims-to-hire-over-2000-employees-to-ramp-up-its-operations/articleshow/85235059.cms">Lenskart aims to hire over 2000 employees to ramp up its operations</a>

Paytm IPO: Former One 97 Communication director urges SEBI to stall the public issue

<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/30228376.cms" /> When love is in the air and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> is bound to come up with a <keyword id="24069" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="romantic-comedy">romantic comedy</keyword>. But when ad film-maker <keyword id="1612592" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Vinil-Mathew">Vinil Mathew</keyword>’s directorial debut <keyword id="1520199" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Hasee-Toh-Phasee">Hasee Toh Phasee</keyword> hit the screen a week before <keyword id="4167782" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="V-day">V-Day</keyword> (February 7), it turned out to be a better love feast than the run-of-the-mill romances. Much of the credit goes to the lead duo – <keyword id="562349" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Parineeti-Chopra">Parineeti Chopra</keyword> and <keyword id="1320874" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sidharth-Malhotra">Sidharth Malhotra</keyword> – and the <keyword id="303" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Director">director</keyword>, of course, who tweaked all the usual Bollywood masala into an earthy and sharp reality without stripping the flick of its dream elements. And going by the <keyword id="2034852" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Box-office-numbers">box office numbers</keyword>, we dare say that the audience loves those experiments garbed in the feel-good raiment. In other words, this Parineeti-Sidharth starrer has different offerings at different levels – whether you take it as an arty-commercial experiment or just another love story, with some nuances that can push you out of your comfort zone. 
 So how has the film fared at the box office so far? The Rs 25 crore <keyword id="1636016" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="rom-com">rom-com</keyword>, jointly produced by <keyword id="3778" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Karan-Johar">Karan Johar</keyword>’s <keyword id="62161" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dharma-Productions">Dharma Productions</keyword> and <keyword id="7929" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Anurag-Kashyap">Anurag Kashyap</keyword>’s <keyword id="1352720" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Phantom-Productions">Phantom Productions</keyword>, hit about 2,000 screens across the country and grossed around Rs 17-18 crore at home during the first weekend, according to industry estimates. <keyword id="1861689" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="overseas-collection">Overseas collection</keyword>s stood at a little over $1 million. The <keyword id="2014761" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Occupancy-rate">occupancy rate</keyword> was 50-80% during the opening weekend and stayed at 50% on the crucial Day 4 (February 10) in the domestic market, bringing in around Rs 6 crore. Overseas collection on the 4th day was around Rs 1.5 crore. However, the movie is expected to do much better at the box office during the <keyword id="2054858" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="V-Day-week">V-Day week</keyword>. 
 
Karan Johar is also happy with the way things are going. “Thank you for the immense love and appreciation for Hasee Toh Phasee, a film I am extremely proud of,” he tweeted on Sunday. 
 
The rom-com is expected to ride on critical acclaim and we feel that is justified to some extent. For one, director Vinil Mathew (best known for his Cadbury: Kuch meetha ho jaye commercials) knows how to tell a good story, blending reality with cinematic magic. And writer <keyword id="1989065" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Harshvardhan-Kulkarni">Harshvardhan Kulkarni</keyword> has aptly supported him. The film is essentially a quirky love story between <keyword id="19563" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="meeta">Meeta</keyword> (Parineeti) and Nikhil (Sidharth) – a modern-day take about life, love and relationships. Consequently, you see a runaway professional and a turbulent soul in Meeta, who has brains but takes drugs, steals money from her family and tries to whisk off her sister <keyword id="5405" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Karishma">Karishma</keyword>’s (<keyword id="16234" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Adah-Sharma">Adah Sharma</keyword>) fiancé who is also a long-time friend of Meeta. Sidharth, on the other hand, is a more staid character with his commitments firmly in place. The resulting story weaves the chemistry between the odd pair while <keyword id="6362839" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Manoj-Joshi">Manoj Joshi</keyword> does some good work as Meeta and Karishma’s father. 
 
But one still wonders why all the soul-searching and putting life into order need to happen immediately before a crucial marriage, à la Mere Brother Ki Dulhan? Only this time, we have a runaway bridegroom, instead of the bride walking away from the mandap as is the Bollywood wont. But Parineeti is the real star cast here – bright, gorgeous, self-willed and passionate – and wins hearts in spite of her over-the-top acting. Sidharth, too, is out on a self-quest and looks laudable. But it’s the cliché plot that mars the good efforts. There are nice elements, but they come in bits and pieces, and finally, Hasee Toh Phasee remains a commercial candyfloss. 
 
One just wonders what would have happened if Parineeti and Sidharth went through the same experiences post the marriage between Adah and Sidharth. But that might have been too much off the track for Bollywood and the Indian audience who did not receive the offbeat theme of Nishabd well. Let us see if Hasee Toh Phasee can join the 100 crore club. 
 
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<keyword id="805778" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Heartless">Heartless</keyword>: Commendable efforts lose steam, again Medical thrillers are pretty rare in Bollywood and we pinned our hopes on <keyword id="17186" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shekhar-Suman">Shekhar Suman</keyword>’s directorial debut Heartless, starring his son <keyword id="20393" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Adhyayan">Adhyayan</keyword>, along with <keyword id="20398" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="deepti-naval">Deepti Naval</keyword>, <keyword id="6381489" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Om-puri">Om Puri</keyword> and newcomer <keyword id="1935232" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ariana-Ayam">Ariana Ayam</keyword> (she hails from New York). The movie also released on February 7 and hit about 800 screens all over the country. But unlike Hasee Toh Phasee, this one had a poor start in spite of a great storyline – essentially borrowed from the American crime/supernatural/conspiracy thriller <keyword id="106100" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="80" keywordseo="Awake">Awake</keyword>. Surprisingly, the box office numbers are not officially available yet but according to one estimate, Heartless has grossed a little over Rs 1 crore in the opening weekend. That is, indeed, shocking. 
 A close look at the movie, however, confirms our fear that it could be a box office flop. Rich boy <keyword id="138003" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Aditya-Singh">Aditya Singh</keyword> (<keyword id="6354939" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Adhyayan-Suman">Adhyayan Suman</keyword>), who needs a <keyword id="6397601" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="heart-transplant">heart transplant</keyword>, falls in love with fortune-hunter <keyword id="80068" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ria">Ria</keyword> (Ariana Ayam) and secretly marries her before the surgery. But once he is under the knife, all hell breaks loose. There is conspiracy going on to kill him with a <keyword id="2054863" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Poisoned-transplant">poisoned transplant</keyword>, so that the wife can pocket the insurance money. Adhyayan’s friend and <keyword id="6382875" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="surgeon">surgeon</keyword> <keyword id="2054864" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dr-Sameer-Saxena">Dr Sameer Saxena</keyword> (Shekhar Suman) is also in cahoots. 
 During the surgery, the truth dawns upon the hero as he goes into <keyword id="2054865" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Anaesthesia-awareness">anaesthesia awareness</keyword>, a medical condition where the patient is conscious enough to understand everything, but cannot move. Finally, his mother <keyword id="489622" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gayatri-Singh">Gayatri Singh</keyword> (Deepti Naval) commits suicide to make the transplant happen; Om Puri, as <keyword id="2054866" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Dr-Sanjay-Trehan">Dr Sanjay Trehan</keyword>, manages to save him and all the baddies are arrested at the end. There’s nothing wrong with the story except for the fact that medical thrill becomes hilarious comedy during the second half and Adhyayan still looks pretty stiff although the mother-son relation has been played out well. Maybe the BO numbers will pick up as soon as the audience gets used to the comical activities that take place in the OT. But can it still be touted as Adhyayan’s comeback movie? 
 
<keyword id="1977299" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Babloo-Happy-Hai">Babloo Happy Hai</keyword>, <keyword id="828628" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ya-Rab">Ya Rab</keyword> fail to make the cut The other two releases of the week also failed to make the cut at the box office in spite of some serious themes. Directed by <keyword id="475774" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Nila-Madhab-Panda">Nila Madhab Panda</keyword> (of Jalpari and I am Kalam fame), Babloo Happy Hai has a meaningful message about <keyword id="19472" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="aids">AIDS</keyword> and how people can still live a full life. But the movie has a <keyword id="110559" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Limited-release">limited release</keyword> and hit only about 350-plus screens. It has grossed a little over Rs 15 lakh on the opening day, according to TalkingMoviez.com. 
 
Hasnain Hyderabadwala-directed Ya Rab depicts the eternal conflict between <keyword id="70629" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Humanity">humanity</keyword> and <keyword id="2054867" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Parochial-attitude">parochial attitude</keyword>, and how <keyword id="1013184" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="religious-fundamentalism">religious fundamentalism</keyword> can lead to <keyword id="6358165" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="terrorism">terrorism</keyword>. But once again, lack of promotion has failed to create buzz for this movie, co-produced by <keyword id="6370367" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Mahesh-Bhatt">Mahesh Bhatt</keyword>. Made on a budget of Rs 2.5 crore, the movie has been released in 300-plus theatres and the Friday collections stood in the range of Rs 20 lakh-plus. Overall, <keyword id="434916" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood-box-office">Bollywood box office</keyword> hasn’t witnessed too many ripples even now but movie-goers are having a gala time, sampling different genres. That’s definitely a big plus and we are waiting for more. 
 
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Box Office: Hasee Toh
Phasee Wins Hearts; Heartless Fails To Retain The Thrill

<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/45023506.cms" /> <keyword id="6366244" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="WHO">WHO</keyword>, which is an arm of the <keyword id="6355833" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="united-nations">United Nations</keyword> that offers leadership on <keyword id="758352" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="global-health">global health</keyword> matters, is one of the most respected organizations in global health space. People generally think that a higher position in WHO is reserved for people from the <keyword id="6354458" type="COUNTRY" weightage="40" keywordseo="US">US</keyword> or Europe, but it’s not actually true. All deserving candidates, irrespective of caste, color or creed, make it to the elite group. In this article, let’s take a look at Indian-origin people who hold top positions in WHO. 
 
Poonam Khetrapal Singh 
 
Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh is currently the Regional Director for South-East Asia Region, WHO. Prior to this, she has worked as deputy regional director for the South-East Asia Region for 14 years, from 2000 to 2013. An Indian national, Dr. Singh’s key focus area is to address the ever-persistent and emerging epidemiological and demographic challenges in the region, and also push the agenda for universal health coverage and robust health systems. In this role, she is able to well articulate a strong regional voice in the health agenda at the global platform. 
 
In the early days of her career, Dr. Singh worked as civil servant in India for more than two decades, before moving to to the Health, Population and Nutrition Department of The World Bank in 1987. It was in the year 1998, when she joined WHO headquarters as executive director for Sustainable Development and Healthy Environment division. 
 
<keyword id="2517584" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Shekhar-Saxena">Shekhar Saxena</keyword> 
 
Dr. Shekhar Saxena is at present the Director, World Health Organisation, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse. A psychiatrist with an experience of over three decades, Dr. Saxena has his expertise in the field of research and program management, service delivery and information systems in the areas of mental health. Low and middle income countries has been the key centre of his work in this field. At present, his key responsibilities at WHO involves focusing on implementation of the WHO Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020. This includes pushing the agenda for mental health, neurological and substance use disorders and scaling up care for the same. Dr. Saxena also had the honor of being of the writers of the World Health Report 2001 on mental health. 
 
<keyword id="2581446" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Sumana-Barua">Sumana Barua</keyword> 
 
Dr. Sumana Barua who is serving the WHO at present as the Team Leader of the Global Leprosy Programme, began his association with the organization way back in 1996 as a Temporary Advisor. Back then, Dr. Barua evaluated the National Leprosy Elimination Programmes of Indonesia and Myanmar. He did another short-term assignment as a consultant with WHO in 2001 for Cambodia and Vietnam region From 2002 to 2007, he worked as Medical Officer and Regional Focus Person for WHO’s Western Pacific Region Leprosy Elimination Programme. In this role for over 5 years, Dr Barua was responsible for about 37 countries and regions. 
 
He went to the University of Tokyo to earn do masters in Masters in Public Health and PhD in International Health Policy and Planning from the University of Tokyo. Earlier in the year 1989, he obtained a Doctor in Medicine from the University of the Philippines. 
 
Barua is known for introducing innovative approaches that led to simplified detection of leprosy cases particularly in remote areas. Another approach he is promoting is the involvement of persons affected by leprosy in policy-making and implementation to improve national leprosy services. His two unique approaches have helped detect many cases of leprosy, which were otherwise had-to-find and could have gone unnoticed.

Indians Who Hold Prominent Positions In WHO

<ul><li>Several <keyword id="860150" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="YouTubers" source="Orion">YouTubers</keyword> have taken to Twitter to highlight the series of strikes they have faced over the last month.</li><li>People aware of the matter suggest that there were always instances of extortion on <keyword id="10879" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="YouTube" source="Orion">YouTube</keyword>, but this time it is more organised.</li><li>YouTube follows a strict copyright infringement policy and suspends the account after three proven strikes.</li></ul>YouTube is trying to reduce the number of copyright violations on its platform, but the folks are trying to use the stricter norms to harass original content creators to the point that it has turned into a tool of extortion. Sachin Saxena was shocked. He was bound to be. In June this year, YouTube sent him a copyright violation notice (known as strikes on the platform) on one of the videos he made from scratch — from scripting to shooting and even editing. It has been four years since Saxena has been creating explainers related to technology and new-age businesses on YouTube. The video platform has really enabled him to create a stable source of income, while doing what he loves. Like anyone else would, he thought it would have been a mere misunderstanding and decided to approach the claimant in order to clear the air. But things took a turn for the worst. No, it was no misunderstanding. It was one of those blackmailing cases he had infamously heard about from his peers. US-based search giant Google’s video streaming platform YouTube has been very particular about copyright violations and has proactively taken steps to remove any such content that infringes on the rights of content creators. However, the approach has come to bite several small-time YouTubers on the back, as it has turned out to be a convenient tool for extortion. The person, Darshan Deewana Official aka Munna Singh or whoever you want them to be, sought $200 in exchange for removing the strike against Saxena. The alleged extortionist also threatened to issue more copyright strikes against the Uttar Pradesh-based <keyword id="2803176" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="YouTuber" source="Orion">YouTuber</keyword> in case he fails to make the said payment. But Saxena had done nothing wrong, apparently. So why should he pay to prove ownership over his own content? He decided to follow all due diligence and filed a counter notification (counter strike) claiming his ownership. But it wasn’t going to be an easy path. The alleged extortionist did exactly as he had said and issued four more strikes against Saxena over the next couple of days. These four strikes were issued over 11 videos, meaning there were a total of 11 copyright infringement cases concentrated in 4 strikes. Once again, Sachin filed a counter strike case against all these violations using Google’s pre-set form, but his request was rejected the first time. <div type="image" title="Graphic 1: The great Indian YouTube extortion — 101 on how criminals are making money off YouTubers" msid="84495019" hostid="261"></div> He decided to give it another shot. He reached out to YouTube directly over email. He shared all the proof of ownership of the content, which he earlier couldn’t as YouTube’s <keyword id="11141113" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="copyright-strike" source="Orion">copyright strike</keyword> or counter notification application mechanism/form do not allow any attachments or links apart from the flagged video itself. This time his request was accepted. Upon investigation, Business Insider found out that Sachin wasn’t the only one suffering from such fake copyright strikes. A simple Twitter search gave us a deeper look into the spread of such copyright strikes. While Saxena may have been able to sail past this successfully, many haven’t been able to do so and their accounts have been suspended. <div type="image" title="graphic 2: The great Indian YouTube extortion — 101 on how criminals are making money off YouTubers" msid="84494586" hostid="261"></div> All these copyright strikes may not be “fake” as claimed in the screenshots above, but it is an awful coincidence that so many small-time YouTubers, who had enough subscribers to be earning through the platform, are receiving such request from different accounts. But it is also true that YouTube does not require any documentation to file a strike, in this case a series of strikes, against anyone. So, anyone, without even a YouTube account, can flag your content as stolen. This is not the first time YouTube’s copyright strike mechanism has been used to extort money out of content creators. This policy has been exploited both in India and abroad. However, this time it is much more organised. Apart from the above-mentioned email ID, there have also been other IDs involved in this giving this ‘series of copyright strikes’. It was certainly not the first time that Darshan Deewana had reached out to young YouTubers either. We also came across two separate instances, where a series of copyright strikes was issued by this person and a ransom was demanded. <div type="image" title="Graphic 3: The great Indian YouTube extortion — 101 on how criminals are making money off YouTubers" msid="84487017" hostid="261"></div> One of the YouTubers has also taken a legal route against this account holder. <div type="image" title="Graphic 4: The great Indian YouTube extortion — 101 on how criminals are making money off YouTubers" msid="84487026" hostid="261"></div> While Saxena managed to get all these copyright strikes removed against him without paying, many have not been able to do so. One of the YouTubers, who paid this Darshan Deewana, said that his name would be removed from a list of YouTubers the extortionist had and no one would bother them again. “I decided to pay them so they don’t bother me again. I don’t want to go through this again,” the YouTuber added. Upon further investigation, Business Insider was able to create a chain of these “fake” copyright claims issued by Darshan Deewana end-to-end. The copyright strike would be issued by a “Munna Singh” registered with an email address of “Darshan Deewana Official”. Darshan would ask the YouTubers to transfer the ransom on a PhonePe account registered with another number. The number was listed as WhatsApp Business, with another email starting with “nirash”. <div type="image" title="Graphic 5: The great Indian YouTube extortion — 101 on how criminals are making money off YouTubers" msid="84494745" hostid="261"></div> Business Insider reached out to Darshan Deewana and Nirash, but hasn’t received a response till publishing time. Why will YouTubers not reach out to YouTube directly? YouTube is not unaware of such instances and has set up a proper procedure in place to counter any copyright infringement claims filed by someone. However, it may be difficult for some to remove such strikes. <div type="Youtube" id="Bv4CvzyAkV0" title="Copyright in YouTube Studio: Addressing Copyright Claims with New Tools, Filters and More" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bv4CvzyAkV0/mqdefault.jpg"></div> There are two ways to file these counter-notification. First, file the counter copyright notification directly through a web form. Secondly, email YouTube at &lt;<a href="mailto:copyright@youtube.com">copyright@youtube.com</a>&gt;. Many YouTubers have highlighted that their counter notifications were rejected in the first attempt. Flagging the issues over email has a higher chance of approval. "YouTube's copyright removal process complies with the applicable law. We strive to be fair to our users and protect their freedom of expression while also respecting the legal rights of copyright owners. Based on a copyright claim raised by a copyright owner or an agent authorised to act on their behalf, users have the option to file a <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2807684?hl=en">counter-notification</a> when they believe their content has been removed as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the content, including fair use. The process further requires the claimant to provide evidence that they have initiated a court action within a specified timeline. In the event of any misuse of our process, we take it seriously and overturn removal decisions where we find evidence that a removal request was submitted without considering exceptions to copyright law such as fair use, fair dealing or other exceptions," the YouTube’s spokesperson told Business Insider over an email. <div type="image" title="The great Indian YouTube extortion — 101 on how criminals are making money off YouTubers" msid="84494853" hostid="261"></div> Another key thing to note here is that YouTube, in its policies, mentions that they don’t mediate copyright claims. It is left to the parties involved to decide. It is not up to YouTube who “owns the rights” to content. Despite the availability of an elaborate mechanism, few YouTubers do not want to risk getting their accounts suspended. If by any chance YouTube finds the claimant’s claims to be accurate — true or not —, these YouTubers will have to either settle in court or out of it. That is going to cost them more money and time. But why is this issue important? With the growth of the digital economy, India has become one of the most prominent markets not only in terms of customer base, but also in terms of creators. Only 16 Indian content creators had more than 1 million subscribers in 2014, but the community has touched over 1,200 such creators in 2019. According to a digital marketing blog Digital Uncovered <a href="https://digitaluncovered.com/rise-indian-content-creators/">report</a>, about 2,500 Indian creators on YouTube cross 1,000 subscriber milestones every day. Overall, YouTube has at least <a href="https://www.omnicoreagency.com/youtube-statistics/">225 million</a> active users in India — that's more than 7 times the entire population of Canada. The rise of such extortion cases can not only have a major impact on the livelihood of YouTubers, but also on YouTube itself. The instances highlighted in this report are largely from Tier 2 regions of India, but are not limited there. Several reports in the past have highlighted such incidents in the US as well, but the cases continue to exist despite this. For people like Saxena, it is a question of livelihood. 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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5b280b4b1ae66229008b5323-1651/shutterstock1113538172.jpg" border="0" alt="playing fortnite gaming disorder" data-mce-source="Shutterstock/Lenscap" />Shutterstock/Lenscap</div></div></div><ul><li>The World Health Organization has added "gaming disorder" to the list of mental health conditions in its next update of the International Classification of Diseases, its standardized list of diseases and other medical conditions.</li><li>Playing too many video games could become problematic if the behavior causes a person's relationships or performance at school or work to suffer, according to the definition.</li><li>Although games can potentially become too compelling for some people, they also have some psychological benefits.</li></ul><hr /> The World Health Organization has added "gaming disorder" to the list of mental health conditions.The addition will appear in the new version the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), the WHO's standardized list of diseases and other medical conditions used by countries around the world, which <a href="http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/">was released on Monday</a>.The addition is meant to help clinical professionals define the point at which a pastime or hobby of playing video games becomes problematic. That could also help individuals who feel they are struggling with gaming get treatment.The ICD now <a href="https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http%3a%2f%2fid.who.int%2ficd%2fentity%2f1448597234">lists gaming </a>behavior as disordered if it meets three conditions: if a person loses control over their gaming habits, if they start to prioritize gaming over many other life interests or daily activities, and if they continue playing despite clear negative consequences. This pattern should be clear for a one-year period before a diagnosis is made, according to the definition.This adds gaming to a list of behaviors that can become problematic if people lose control over them, including gambling and disorders related to the use of substances like alcohol, marijuana, caffeine, or nicotine.However, defining behaviors like gaming as addictive or as mental health conditions is still controversial. Some researchers argue that problematic gaming behavior is often a symptom of mental health struggles, rather than a mental health condition by itself.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/595cc292bb3503166c3df8d7-1500/kids gaming china.jpg" border="0" alt="kids gaming china" data-mce-source="imtmphoto/Shutterstock" data-mce-caption="There is a big debate in China over how long children play Tencent's extremely popular games." data-link="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/group-asian-elementary-schoolchildren-playing-game-613195250" /><a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/group-asian-elementary-schoolchildren-playing-game-613195250">imtmphoto/Shutterstock</a>There are lots of forms of gaming, some solo, some social.</div></div></div><h2>Severe enough to harm personal relationships</h2>The term "gaming," of course, covers a wide range of activities that can be solo or social pursuits. It includes playing a quick puzzle game on your iPhone while riding the subway, meeting up with friends to play "Minecraft," and sitting down at a custom-built PC for a multi-hour "Destiny 2" raid session.The WHO's definition is not meant to imply that any one sort of gaming is addictive or to say that a specific amount of it leads to a disorder. Playing video games only would qualify as a mental health condition if the behavior is severe enough to result in "marked distress or significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational or occupational functioning," <a href="http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/activities/gaming_disorders/en/">according to the WHO</a>.In other words, it has to be harming personal relationships or interfering with school or work."Gaming disorders are uncommon, but still very important," Dr. Shekhar Saxena, director of the WHO's department for mental health and substance abuse, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb6hsq-IHfA">said in a YouTube video</a> discussing changes made to the ICD. "ICD has to keep pace with evolving disorders and diseases, and this is one of them."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55ba8262dd089516358b45f5-1917/screen shot 2015-07-30 at 110424 am.png" border="0" alt="witcher 3" data-mce-source="CD Projekt RED" />CD Projekt RED</div></div></div><h2>The psychology of games</h2>The psychological community has been debating whether gaming is addictive enough to be described as a disorder for some time. So far, the American Psychiatric Association has declined to classify gaming addiction as a disorder but has said it <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/here-there-and-everywhere/201407/internet-gaming-disorder-in-dsm-5">merits further research</a>.Before the WHO's decision, the Society for Media Psychology and Technology Division of the American Psychology Association <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/374879861/APA-Media-Psychology-and-Technology-Division-Div-46-Policy-Statement-Expressing-Concern-Regarding-the-Plan-to-Include-Gaming-Disorder-in-the-ICD-1">released a statement</a> expressing concern about the idea of "gaming disorder," due to insufficient research on the topic:"[R]esearch has not provided clarity on how to define video game addiction (VGA), what symptoms best diagnose it, how prevalent it is, or whether it truly exists as an independent disorder, or, when it occurs is merely symptomatic of other, underlying mental health diagnoses."Part of the problem is how to distinguish between simply spending a lot of time playing games and actual addictive behavior.Scientists need to "establish a clear-cut distinction between someone who may use games excessively but non-problematically and someone who is experiencing significant impairment in their daily lives as a consequence of their excessive gaming," a group of researchers from Nottingham Trent University in the UK wrote in a <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5520128/">paper published last summer</a> in the Journal of Addictive Behavior.There are plenty of stories about individuals whose gaming behavior has become problematic - people <a href="https://kotaku.com/5384643/i-kept-playing--the-costs-of-my-gaming-addiction">have gotten </a>so caught up <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/jun/18/truth-gaming-addiction-world-health-organization-disorder-games">in online games</a> that they've ruined relationships and lost jobs. Games are often designed to compel people to keep playing and in some cases, to keep spending money. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2010/mar/21/tom-bissell-video-game-cocaine-addiction">Compulsive gaming and problematic substance use</a> can also go hand in hand.But problematic gaming may also serve as a dysfunctional coping mechanism for some, according to the Nottingham Trent researchers. Someone who is struggling with depression or anxiety may turn to gaming or abuse substances like alcohol as a way to relieve those symptoms.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/57d84fbf077dcc5e1a8b47a7-1499/lol_lcs2015na_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" data-mce-source="Ben Gilbert / Tech Insider" />Ben Gilbert / Tech Insider</div></div></div><h2>Benefits, harms, and "gaming disorder" going forward</h2>Figuring out the degree to which playing games is harmful (or helpful) is all about context, according to Bruce Lee, an associate professor of international health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Lee <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2017/12/24/do-you-have-video-gaming-disorder-a-newly-recognized-mental-health-condition/#7b1b46e9316d">wrote in a column</a> for Forbes that gaming habits can also be psychologically beneficial.On the positive side, <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/daphne_bavelier_your_brain_on_video_games">research has shown</a> that game playing can relieve stress, improve problem-solving abilities, and enhance traits like eye-hand coordination. Technologies that we think of as built for gaming, like virtual reality, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-virtual-reality-is-used-for-ptsd-and-anxiety-therapy-2016-1">can also be used in psychological therapy</a>.Yet people can struggle to find a healthy balance with gaming.Researchers are still trying to understand the activity's risks and effects, since it has only recently become such a common pastime - 63% of <a href="https://www.polygon.com/2016/4/29/11539102/gaming-stats-2016-esa-essential-facts">US households contain</a> at least one "frequent gamer," a trait that didn't exist a couple of generations ago.The WHO creates the ICD list so that every country can use a standardized system for classifying diseases. That allows for a unified way of identifying illnesses and keeping track of how common certain diagnoses are.But it'll take some time before the ICD actually gets implemented by countries around the world. Each health care system decides when to start using the updated list, which requires changing various forms of medical record-keeping. The US didn't adopt the last version of the ICD until 2015, despite it being finished in 1992 and first adopted by some members in 1994. 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