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<ul><li>Indian filmmaker, <keyword id="386489" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Suneel-Darshan">Suneel Darshan</keyword>, won the copyright infringement case filed against Google and its platform video platform, YouTube.</li><li>It took eight years for the case to come to a close.</li><li>The court has awarded Darshan ₹50,000 in damages and ordered Google and YouTube to restrain from infringing on his work. </li></ul>Not a lot of people can say that they emerged triumphant against Google’s army of lawyers. But, Suneel Darshan — a Bollywood producer — s one of them The Indian filmmaker behind Bollywood hits like Andaaz and Barsaat emerged triumphant against Google and its video-sharing platform, YouTube, after an eight-year-long courtroom battle over copyright infringement. The District Court of Gurgaon ruled in his favour, ordering Google and YouTube from infringing on his works but doled out only ₹50,000 in damages ($700). “It was a long battle, but the order made me felt vindicated. I would calculate and file for total damages soon,” Darshan told <a href="https://boxofficeindia.co.in/filmmaker-suneel-darshan-wins-copyright-case-against-youtube-and-google-india">Box Office India.</a> YouTube’s only a service provider — not responsible for the actions of its users Darshan, the proprietor of the film production company Shree Krishna International, accused the pair of circulating and sharing his work with the public without any prior permission or authorisation — making for infringement of copyright. His lawyers argued that the defendants were profiting from the ‘unauthorised exploitation’ of Darshan’s work through ad revenue. Google and YouTube argued — as always — that they were only service providers, and not responsible for what users do with the service, well within the parameters of the IT Act, 2000. This is why most people file cases against whoever uploaded the video rather than the platform itself. The question of prior notification The pair also argued that Darshan or his company-issued no prior communication that their content was infringing the Copyright Act. They claimed that it was the plaintiff’s responsibility to provide the specific URLs, which are in violation. Normally, in cases of copyright infringement, victims are supposed to file a takedown request under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Even though DMCA is a part of US copyright law, anyone around the world can file a DMCA takedown request with Google. The tech giant <a href="https://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/03/31/quarter-dmca-takedown-requests-questionable-says-report/">reportedly</a> respects more than 97% of the DMCA requests that it receives. YouTube also makes a strong case that it doesn’t do anything to ‘induce’ infringement by rolling out multiple tools to stop infringement on its platform, like Content ID and Copyright Match Tool. Yet, Darshan lawyers called YouTube an ‘unauthorised downloader’ infringing on sound recording, cinematograph films, and audio-visual songs without a license. The court held that if the defendants were aware of the content, they could have easily located the URLs and removed them. YouTube is not the only platform accused of profiting content without adequately compensating the artists. Taylor Swift’s <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/Why-Taylor-Swift-Is-Wrong-About-Spotify/articleshow/45138496.cms">issues with Spotify</a> and, Beyonce and Jay Z’s development of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/The-unpredictable-and-dramatic-story-of-Jay-Zs-Tidal-the-music-service-trying-to-fight-Apple-and-Spotify/articleshow/53674453.cms">Tidal</a> arose from the same problem. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/a-gamer-who-made-and-sold-cheat-software-for-grand-theft-auto-v-now-owes-the-games-creators-150000-for-copyright-infringement/articleshow/67950635.cms">A gamer who made and sold cheat software for 'Grand Theft Auto V' now owes the game's creators $150,000 for copyright infringement</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/Amazon-Prime-Video-has-a-bootleg-movie-problem-and-many-subscribers-probably-have-no-idea/articleshow/67876294.cms">Amazon Prime Video has a bootleg movie problem and many subscribers probably have no idea</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/Facebooks-new-video-business-is-awash-with-copyright-infringement-and-celebrities-are-some-of-the-biggest-offenders/articleshow/47176758.cms">Facebook's new video business is awash with copyright infringement and celebrities are some of the biggest offenders</a>

A Bollywood filmmaker wins copyright case against Google, YouTube — but gets paid only $700 in damages

Here is <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> at its worst unless you are ready to ogle <keyword id="6356809" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="producer">producer</keyword> <keyword id="386489" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Suneel-Darshan">Suneel Darshan</keyword>’s son <keyword id="6198" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shiv">Shiv</keyword>’s debut performance in <keyword id="1952164" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Karle-Pyaar-Karle">Karle Pyaar Karle</keyword> – lock, stock and barrel. Directed by <keyword id="248910" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Rajesh-Pandey">Rajesh Pandey</keyword>, this <keyword id="20721" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="romance">romance</keyword> stars newcomers <keyword id="386491" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Shiv-Darshan">Shiv Darshan</keyword> and <keyword id="620138" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Hasleen-Kaur">Hasleen Kaur</keyword> but there ends the novelty. The plot harks back to the good old 1980s and we find the long-separated childhood friends <keyword id="11839" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="kabir">Kabir</keyword> and <keyword id="1405648" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Preet">Preet</keyword> meeting after 12 years, reconnecting and playing daring games… but will they dare to love? And that brings us back to the <keyword id="25892" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="box-office">box office</keyword> impact. It seems Bollywood fans did not dare to watch this potboiler either and the movie is literally struggling after Day IV (January 20), grossing around Rs 3.20 crore in the domestic market as per industry estimates. The first weekend collections reportedly stand at around Rs 75 lakh nett with opening day being Rs 20-25 lakh nett. 
 
Karle Pyaar Karle has hit around 1,000 screens in India and doesn’t lack in masala. You get to see bike rides, fights, bikini parade, lap-dancing and kissing, but what you miss is a meaningful storyline that binds all the elements together. The villain (DJ) who owns a meat factory, his spoilt son (Jazz) and the son’s sidekick (Goldie) are again mere caricatures. Debutante Hasleen has the spunk and may do better in other films, but we are not sure about Shiv. 
 
 
 
The other noted release of the week is <keyword id="1019125" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Miss-Lovely">Miss Lovely</keyword>, which is way ahead of KPK in terms of cinematic art, content and research. Directed by <keyword id="1019126" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ashim-Ahluwalia">Ashim Ahluwalia</keyword>, the movie was first screened at the 2012 <keyword id="6362016" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Cannes-film-festival">Cannes Film Festival</keyword> and got mixed reviews from critics. Since then, ‘the art house venture’ has won a number of awards including Best Film in the <keyword id="385372" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="India-gold">India Gold</keyword> category at the 14th <keyword id="64264" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mumbai-Film-Festival">Mumbai Film Festival</keyword> and Best Feature Film Award at the 11th <keyword id="113436" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="Indian-Film-Festival-of-Los-Angeles">Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles</keyword>. But even then, the movie has witnessed poor box office response on opening day (January 17) – around Rs 20 lakh from 300 screens. Still, with positive reviews pouring in, the numbers may soon shoot up and we will keep you updated. 
 
Miss Lovely introduces a new genre of sorts in the saga of <keyword id="4636" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Indian-Cinema">Indian cinema</keyword> as it walks you through the making and unmaking of an entire genre, namely the C-grade horror-and-sleaze movies so popular in Bollywood in the 1980s (remember the <keyword id="2024696" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ramsay-era">Ramsay era</keyword>?). Set in Mumbai of that period, it is the story of two brothers – the assertive, exploitative Vicky (<keyword id="1021927" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Anil-George">Anil George</keyword>) and the submissive Sonu (<keyword id="6359106" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Nawazuddin-Siddiqui">Nawazuddin Siddiqui</keyword>) – and a <keyword id="2024677" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="struggling-actress">struggling actress</keyword> <keyword id="4263" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Pinky">Pinky</keyword> (<keyword id="39464" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Niharika-Singh">Niharika Singh</keyword>), all of whom are entrenched in the dark underbelly of the <keyword id="2024706" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="C-grade-movie-industry">C-grade movie industry</keyword>. 
 The style is pseudo-realistic, heavily layered with facts and fiction (it started as a <keyword id="35012" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="documentary">documentary</keyword> project) and the movie itself is an entertaining mix of different genres – part <keyword id="1099771" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="film-noir">film noir</keyword>, part romance and part documentary. The dark world portrayed in Miss Lovely has all the elements of reality, but still rises to the level of a <keyword id="34077" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="100" keywordseo="fantasy">fantasy</keyword> that will keep you baffled and spellbound. Definitely a movie for niche audience, but this could be the beginning of a new stream in versatile Bollywood. 
 
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