[Commons-Law] Of cricket, DVD's and irreparable losses

[Lawrence Liang]

HI all

those of you who saw the cliff hanger between Pakistan
and India yesterday, must now be waiting for the drama
that will unfold in the SC on Monday on the Ten Sports
v. DD controversy. 

I found something very interesting, while reading the
Hindu coverage on the same this was reported
"Appearing for Prasar Bharati, the Attorney-General,
Soli J. Sorabjee, and the Solicitor-General, Kirit N.
Raval, submitted that denial of live telecast feed to
Doordarshan would deprive crores of cricket
enthusiasts in the country the benefit of watching the
historic cricket tie."

The idea that there will be a great loss to the nation
if people were denied the right to watch this. Now
compare this to its subterranean other, which is the
great and irreparable loss that will be caused if
millions watch a DVD thats played on  the local cable
television.  This extract is from para 28 of the
plaint of an ongoing dispute in the Delhi high court
over rental rights amongst other things in a case that
pits the top 8 media giants ( Warner, Columbia,
Disney,  MGM, Paramount, Tristar, Universal and Fox)
against Lamhe Music Shop.

Para 28. "Even a single sale or rental of the film by
the defendant is acapable of causing irreparable
injury and damage to the plaintiffs. The single film
can act as a plate from which several thopusands of
other pirate prints can be prepared. If the print
reaches the hands of a cable network, even a single
telecast on a network is capable of reaching severalk
million homes all over India. The potential for
damagae is immesurable and irreparable"



The tyranny/ liberatory nature of numbers


Lawrence






 

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