The Delhi High Court has restrained 40 rogue web sites from streaming, internet hosting and making accessible to public the unique copyrighted content material of Netflix, Disney, Universal City Studios and different leisure firms.

Justice Amit Bansal directed the web and telecom providers suppliers to make sure compliance of the order by blocking the rogue web sites, their URLs and respective IP addresses.

The court docket additionally directed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Department of Telecommunications to take instant steps and problem requisite notifications calling upon numerous web and telecom service suppliers registered beneath them to dam the web sites in query.

The court docket was listening to a go well with filed by Universal City Studios LLC, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Columbia Picture Industries, Inc., Netflix Studios, LLC, Paramount Pictures Corporation and Disney Enterprises searching for everlasting injunction in opposition to 40 rogue web sites.

It was alleged that the web sites indulged in on-line piracy by making their authentic content material accessible for obtain and offering its entry to public at massive.

It was the case of the plaintiffs that regardless of authorized discover calling upon the web sites to stop from participating within the infringing actions, they continued to infringe their rights within the authentic content material.

Passing an interim order in favour of the leisure firms, the court docket noticed {that a} prima facie case was made out of their favour and irreparable hurt or damage could be brought on to them if such an order just isn’t handed.

The matter will now be heard on August 29. 

Case Title: UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC & ORS. v. FZMOVIES.NET & ORS.

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