Piracy can never really be killed but attempts are never short. See the latest updates that happened.
The Delhi High Court recently ruled in favour of entertainment giants like Warner Bros, Netflix, Disney, and Columbia Pictures in their fight against 45 rogue streaming websites involved in copyright infringement. These websites were illegally streaming and distributing the companies’ content without permission of course.
The companies filed a lawsuit after multiple legal notices to the rogue websites went ignored. It is ridiculous to even think that they would have responded. The court acknowledged the difficulty in dealing with these sites, as they frequently change domains and hide their registration details. This is exactly the only big issue. You can’t really fight these websites. They change domains in a snap and everything gets transferred. The legal processes are so time taking that by the time these websites are reprimanded, the loss is already there.
To combat this, the court granted a dynamic+ injunction. This unique order not only blocks the current infringing websites but also extends to future versions or mirror sites that may pop up under different names. We need to see if these things actually come out effective.
The court ordered the websites to immediately stop hosting or streaming any copyrighted material. ISPs were given 48 hours to block access to these websites. Government bodies like the Department of Telecommunications and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology are now in charge of ensuring these things.
Let’s see. This looks like a big attack on piracy but how effective…only time can tell.