Delhi High Court restrains websites from showing Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif 'Bang Bang'

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained around 90 websites from streaming, broadcasting or providing online access to the film 'Bang Bang' starring Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif.

Passing the restraint order, the court said piracy in copyright cases is a curse to the well-established system in the country and it should be curbed and dealt with an iron hand.

Fox Star Studios India Limited, one of the producers of the film, which is scheduled to be released on October 2, had approached the High Court contending that the film cannot be viewed on any device or broadcast on any platform through internet without their permission.

Accepting the plea, Justice Manmohan Singh issued notice to the 18 websites who were made party by the producers in the suit as well as 72 websites, whose names were submitted in the court through a separate list.

Besides restraining the websites from providing access to the film, the court also directed various Internet Service Providers (ISP), Department of Telecommunications and Department of Information Technology to ensure and secure compliance by blocking access to all the 90 websites identified by the producers.

The court fixed the next date of hearing on November 21.

"In the present case, the websites owners are committing piracy and collecting illegal profits, who are peeping behind the curtain and laughing at the producers of the movies. If this is not fraud, what else?

"In fact, piracy in copyright cases is a curse to the well-established system in the country and it should be curbed and dealt with an iron hand," the court said.