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Goldmines Telefilms Pvt.Ltd vs Reliance Big Entertainment Pvt.Ltd on 24 September, 2014

24] Mr. Seervai also placed reliance upon the decisions in Powell v. Head - (1879) 12 Ch.D. 686 and the decision of the King's Bench Division in Cescinsky v. George Routledge & Sons Limited - (1916) 2 K.B.325 and the decision of the learned Single Judge of this Court in Angath Arts Pvt. Ltd. vs. Century Communications Ltd. & anr. - 2008 (4) Mh.L.J. 926, which lay down that a joint owner of a copyright, cannot grant licence for its reproduction without the consent of the other owners. Again there can be no dispute as regards the proposition. However, as noted earlier, defendant No.2 had assigned its entire rights in the matters of Hindi dubbing, distribution and telecasting to defendant No.1. Defendant No.1, in turn had assigned such rights to the plaintiff. Therefore, in the facts and circumstances of the present case, the principle set out in the said decisions, is clearly not attracted.
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