The order passed is quite abrupt, encompasses a mere eight pages, does not expound on case law relied on, and barely explains the stance the Court wishes to take on infringement. On the other hand, the Plaintiffs base their defence on the fact that the Defendant had composed only the вЂpallaviвЂ™ portion, or the frills of the song and not the вЂsaranamвЂ™ portion, which they explain to be the crux of the song. In the criminal complaint, the Defendant primarily alleges the infringement of his rights held in the lyrics, He argues that he alone is entitled to exploit all rights in the lyrics, and prays for an interim injunction restraining the Plaintiffs from infringing his rights by using his composed lyrics in their film. 15910/2016) to call for the records of, as well as quash the criminal complaint. The Plaintiffs then filed the present suit (Crl.O.P. The civil suit notwithstanding, he filed a criminal complaint (C.C 3239/2009) for the offences of copyright infringement and criminal conspiracy. ElangoвЂ™ to be displayed as the lyricist of the вЂ pallaviвЂ™ portion. Further orders were passed in June 2009 which mandated the name of the Defendant вЂ“ вЂMr. The matter was then appealed at the end of the month to a division bench, where the order was modified to the effect that the injunction was suspended, but the Plaintiffs were directed to display the name of the Respondent along with the вЂMr. On the 18th of April, 2009, a single judge of the Madras High Court passed an order that there was prima facie evidence to show that the Defendant had composed the вЂpallaviвЂ™ portion and had granted an interim injunction of the use of only that portion.

In 2009, he had filed civil suit (C.S 36/2009) seeking a declaration that only he could exploit all rights in respect of the lyrics. I found this on YouTube, I hope itвЂ™s the official version that was released. He claims that the Plaintiffs included the lyrics in the song that features in the film, and credited someone called вЂMr. It was this portion that he read out over the phone to the Plaintiffs, as well as sent to them on a CD. In accordance with this agreement, he wrote part of the lyrics, referred to as the вЂ pallaviвЂ™ portion. The Defendant, both an advocate practicing in the Madras High Court as well as a Tamil Lyricist, was hired by the Plaintiffs to compose the lyrics of a song titled вЂHey, Excuse me, Mr. On the 30th of September, 2016 вЂ“ the Madras High Court passed a significant order on the copyright infringement of song lyrics in Susi Ganesan & Others v.

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