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 On Tuesday morning the appeals court in Kolkata ordered that the
entire box-office collections of the Bengali film Poran Jay Jolaye Re,
be deposited in the court. The film which was released a couple of
months ago to a rousing welcome in Bengal, is said to have so far
collected whopping figures at the box-office.
By depositing the entire collection at the box-office, the producers
Venkatesh Films of the Bengali film stand to lose a substantial amount
of money.
Says Vipul, “They’ve to deposit every single penny that the film has
collected. The judgment of the appeals court says that the ENTIRE
box-office collection of the Bengali film be deposited in court. It is
historic in terms of violation of copyright infringement. To know the
court can stop a film is a clear signal that plagiarism can be fought.
The judgment will now be a reference point for all plagiarism cases. It
was needed. Every filmmaker contemplating plagiarism will now think
twice.
”The alleged copyright violators of the Bengali film can now appeal in the Supreme Court.
As for the money that the court has confiscated from the Bengali
film’s collection, it is now legally a part of the damage suit that
Vipul chose to file.
“However I don’t want any monetary compensation. That wasn’t my
intention. I wanted to make a strong case against copyright
infringement. The honorable court has done the needful. I think its
victory for all us filmmakers. We used to make a joke about copyright
laws, by saying copyright means the right to copy. I think the joke has
now ended.”
Akshay Kumar who’s the co-producer of Namaste London has decided not to sign any film that he knows to be an illegal copy.
Says Akshay; “By God’s grace all my films seem to be original. Even
Vipul’s Action Replay, which some people think is copied from elsewhere
(The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) is an original. People who spread
these rumors should be careful. Copying films is as serious an offence,
as accusing an original work of being a copy.”
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