Indian information company ANI has sued Netflix Inc and producers of an Indian sequence a few airplane hijack, asking for 4 episodes to be taken down as they used ANI content material with out permission, ANI’s lawyer advised Reuters on Monday.
The sequence, known as IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack – a fictionalised model of the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airways flight 814 from Kathmandu – has been embroiled in controversy since its launch final month.
Social media customers and members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) have criticised the present for what they mentioned was an incorrect portrayal of the hijackers as Hindus with Hindu names once they have been Muslims.
Netflix added new disclaimers to the six-episode present final week after its officers have been summoned by India’s data and broadcasting ministry. It additionally mentioned the code names used within the sequence mirrored these used in the course of the precise occasion.
“They’ve used copyright archival footage of ANI with out license, they’ve additionally used the (ANI) trademark,” Sidhant Kumar, counsel for ANI, mentioned.
“For the reason that sequence has come into such criticism, our trademark and model title is being tarnished,” Kumar mentioned, including that ANI needs Netflix to take down 4 episodes the place its content material has been used.
The Delhi Excessive Court docket had agreed to listen to the case and sought the response of Netflix, he mentioned.
There was no instant response from Netflix for a request for remark from Reuters, which has a minority stake in ANI.
India blames Pakistan and Pakistan-based militant teams for the December 1999 hijack, which was resolved after New Delhi freed three Islamist militants, together with Masood Azhar, the top of 1 such group.
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