On January 26, Mumbai police filed a complaint against Google CEO Sundar Pichai and five other company officials. The law is a direct response to accusations of violating the Copyright Act. According to known data MySmartPrice, the case was registered following a complaint filed by film director Sunil Darshan. According to the director, Google has unauthorized persons to upload his movie "Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha" to YouTube.
According to a Mumbai police spokesman, the case has been registered with the MIDC police station. It was registered in the suburb of Andheri by order of the Magistrate's Court on the evening of 25 January. When filing a lawsuit, Sunil Darshan clarifies in his complaint that he did not sell the rights to his 2017 film.
However, the film is available on YouTube with millions of views. The director also mentions that the content was "clearly" used with over a billion violations. In addition, huge amounts of money are earned from illegal downloads.
“I put the responsibility on Sundar Pichai as he represents Google. I tracked over 1 billion views of my "Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha". No action was taken despite the company expressing this concern,” said Mr. Darshan.
The search giant says it has a mechanism in place that allows copyright holders to protect their content on platforms like YouTube. In addition, when contacted by Google, a representative of the company in India said that the company relies on copyright owners to notify it of unauthorized downloads.
What's more, it offers them "the right management tools, like YouTube's Content Identification System, which gives copyright holders an automated way to identify, block, promote, and even make money downloading their content."
"When a copyright holder notifies us of a video that infringes their copyright, we promptly remove the content to comply with the law and terminate user accounts with multiple copyright infringement warnings," a spokesperson said. added.
For now, we can only wait to see how the situation will escalate in the coming weeks. We do not think that this case will create serious problems for Google and its CEO Sundar Pichai.
An interesting story, given the fact that YouTube is indeed stepping up efforts to protect intellectual property. However, there are still holes in the platform that allow people to download and stream movies.
