Online viewing of pirated films not a punishable offence: Bombay HC
Justice Gautam Patel was quoted in the media as saying, "The offence is not in viewing, but in making a prejudicial distribution, a public exhibition or letting for sale or hire without appropriate permission copyright-protected material."
Justice Patel has asked Internet Service Providers (ISP) to drop the line, "viewing, downloading, exhibiting or duplicating' a particular film is a penal offence" and replace it with a more generic message of blocking URL's infringing the protocol.
The Judge has also asked ISP's, including Vodafone and MTNL, to appoint a nodal officer who can respond to complaints withing two working days.
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