New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has stayed its official broadcaster's plea on unauthorized streaming and telecast of the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup, expressing strong apprehension over illegal broadcast of major sporting events in the past.
Justice Sanjeev Naurla passed an interim order on Star India Pvt Ltd's suit against several rogue websites that were likely to be involved in unauthorized dissemination of cricket matches on their platforms.
Star India said it has media rights for various sporting events, including domestic and international cricket matches organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
It said that based on previous examples of illegal dissemination of major sporting events, there was a strong apprehension that some online platforms could engage in such unauthorized streaming of the T20 World Cup to be held in the West Indies from June 2 to June 24. . We.Saying that it recognized the wide appeal and importance of ICC events, particularly in the Indian subcontinent, the court said that the unauthorized telecast of these events posed a significant threat to the plaintiffs' revenue streams, which were distributed across multiple channels. and owns online video-streaming platform Hotstar. ,
"Therefore, prompt action to stop such violations is important to preserve the plaintiffs' investment in broadcast rights and maintain their copyright protection," the court said in a recent order.
"Prevented defendants Nos. 1 to 9, and/or any person acting on their behalf, from communicating, hosting, streaming, screening, disseminating or making available for viewing/downloading ICC events, without particular authorisation." ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, on any electronic or digital platform, by any means,” the court ordered.
The court said that if any more infringing websites are discovered, the plaintiff is at liberty to tell the details of such sites to the Department of Telecommunications and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for issuing blocking orders.The court also asked Internet service providers and telecom service providers to block access to such fake websites.
Justice Sanjeev Naurla passed an interim order on Star India Pvt Ltd's suit against several rogue websites that were likely to be involved in unauthorized dissemination of cricket matches on their platforms.
Star India said it has media rights for various sporting events, including domestic and international cricket matches organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
It said that based on previous examples of illegal dissemination of major sporting events, there was a strong apprehension that some online platforms could engage in such unauthorized streaming of the T20 World Cup to be held in the West Indies from June 2 to June 24. . We.Saying that it recognized the wide appeal and importance of ICC events, particularly in the Indian subcontinent, the court said that the unauthorized telecast of these events posed a significant threat to the plaintiffs' revenue streams, which were distributed across multiple channels. and owns online video-streaming platform Hotstar. ,
"Therefore, prompt action to stop such violations is important to preserve the plaintiffs' investment in broadcast rights and maintain their copyright protection," the court said in a recent order.
"Prevented defendants Nos. 1 to 9, and/or any person acting on their behalf, from communicating, hosting, streaming, screening, disseminating or making available for viewing/downloading ICC events, without particular authorisation." ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, on any electronic or digital platform, by any means,” the court ordered.
The court said that if any more infringing websites are discovered, the plaintiff is at liberty to tell the details of such sites to the Department of Telecommunications and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for issuing blocking orders.The court also asked Internet service providers and telecom service providers to block access to such fake websites.
