Legal implication of using famous hindi movie dilogue

P.C. Joshi (Querist) 23 May 2013 This query is : Resolved
Dear Friends,

If a company use a famous movie dilogue in the label of its production for compign/advertisment is the company liable for any liability under any indian IPR laws or any other civil/criminal liability arises on the Company.

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P.C. Joshi

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R.K Nanda (Expert) 23 May 2013
yes, under civil and criminal laws.

Raj Kumar Makkad (Expert) 23 May 2013
Company needs to purchase the rights of such re-production for its business purpose from the producer/distributor of the film.

P.C. Joshi (Querist) 24 May 2013
Thanks a lot. Suppose if the company make a picture in the pack of its product which resembles a scene of a famous bollywood and places a dilouge of the same movie but different words, then also it covers under Copy Right?

In my view this kind of advertisment is not infringement of copy right because the copy right subsists in original litrary,musical and artistic works,cinematograph films and sound recording and this kind of advertisments are very common and do not fall within the ambit of above criteria of copy rights.

Looking forward to have your views.

Thanks

Guest (Expert) 24 May 2013
Depends upon how your company is able to defend its position by justifying the change in words of dialogue and the scene. Hypothetic query is useless, unless you provide wording of the original dialong with description of scene along with the modified language of the dialogue. Mere presumption cannot serve your purpose as legal implications depend upon the specific matter, circumstances and proof in favour or against a particular matter.

ashutosh mishra (Expert) 24 May 2013
If you have a query you are welcome!

If you only have a discussion over topic what may or may not amount to copyright infringement then sorry! as it would need endless time and energy.

We are here not to suppose rather we try to assess a fact based on our own knowledge and then express opinion we form.