New Delhi, October 29, 2020: The Narendra Hirawat & Co., the plaintiff in the matter, was successfully represented by a team from ANM Global Inc. comprising of Ms. Parul Sharma, Associate Partner, Mr. Navankur Pathak, Associate and Ms. Pranita Saboo, Associate in a Suit was filed before the Hon'ble Bombay High Court for reinstatement of the YouTube links of the films "Ustadon Ke Ustad", "Soutela", "Namak", "Khopdi" and "Bijli" on the YouTube channel "NH Studioz",owned by M/s Narendra Hirawat & Co.

That the counsel appearing for the Plaintiff apprised the Hon'ble Court, that the Defendant No. 1 is still issuing strikes on the YouTube channel of the Plaintiff, and due to the strikes, YouTube has stopped the 'upload' feature of the Plaintiff's YouTube channel, hence, the Plaintiff is unable to upload any new videos and is incurring losses. The counsel suggested since both the parties have asserted their rights in the suit films, the Hon'ble Court may direct YouTube to reinstate the films/links on Plaintiffs YouTube channel and the Plaintiff to render account details in respect of the revenue from the three films.

Accordingly, the Hon'ble Court passed the following order:

(a) Defendant No. 4 to reinstate the link on Plaintiff's YouTube channel,

(b) Defendant No. 4 not to disable Plaintiff's YouTube channel "NH Studioz"

(c) Defendant No. 4 shall share the account statement of the Plaintiff's YouTube channel(w.r.t the 3 films) with Defendant No. 1 and Plaintiff

(d)With respect to the films, the amount payable to the Plaintiff by YouTube will be deposited with the Prothonotary and Senior Master, Bombay High Court, initially for 1 year.

(e) Defendant No. 4 shall consider the strike given by Defendant No. 1 as withdrawn

(f) Defendant No. 1 shall not issue any further strikes to Plaintiff with respect to the 5 films.

The Hon'ble Court observed that as per YouTube policy, 14-15 days' time is given to the issuer of the Copyright Takedown Notice to provide evidence that they have taken out legal action against the publisher of a video/clip to prevent the reinstatement of the videos in question and if YouTube does not receive any response, then the publisher's videos will be restored and associated penalties on the YouTube accounts will be resolved.

ABOUT THE FIRM:

ANM Global Inc. is a reputable, skilled and professionally managed full-service law firm in India, with offices in New Delhi and Pune. It offers end-to-end services in the fields of corporate law and intellectual property and has been consistently recognised as one of India's leading law firms.

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