After Kriti, YouTube takes down Nepali short film Bob
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MUMBAI MIRROR (July 1, 2016)
The showdown between Shirish
Kunder and Nepali filmmaker Aneel Neupane who alleged that the former's
debut short film, Kriti, was a rip-off of his own short, BOB, took
another bizarre turn. A day after YouTube pulled down Kriti (Mirror,
June 30) following Neupane's copyright infringement claim, we hear the
website took down BOB too, late on Wednesday night.
“BOB was removed from YouTube following objections raised by my client, Abhayanand Singh of the Singapore-based Indie Muviz Pvt Ltd, which produced Shirish Kunder's short. It is obvious that no case of plagiarism has been made against my clients as was alleged by Aneel Neupane. Currently, my clients' film, Kriti, is available on Muvizz.com. We have also explained our legal position to YouTube and they have assured us of full cooperation. My clients are fulfilling YouTube's requirements in the matter and are hopeful that their film will be back on the platform,“ advocate Rizwan Siddiquee who is representing Kunder and Muvizz.com producers of Kriti along with its lead, Manoj Bajpayee, said.
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After Shirish Kunder’s short film, Aneel Neupane’s psycho thriller has also been pulled down from YouTube over the ongoing copyright battle
Shaheen Parkar (MID-DAY; July 1, 2016)
In what seems to be a case of tit for tat, the makers of Shirish Kunder’s short film, Kriti, made sure that Nepali filmmaker Aneel Neupane’s BOB was also pulled down from YouTube yesterday. On Wednesday, Kunder’s 18-minute film starring Manoj Bajpayee, Radhika Apte and Neha Sharma was removed from the global video-sharing website following a copyright claim by Neupane. A similar charge was levelled by the producers of Kriti leading to BOB’s removal YouTube.
A message appeared on BOB’s link yesterday which stated: ‘This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Abhayanand Singh ( Indie Muviz Pte Ltd)’. Advocate Rizwan Siddiquee representing Kunder and the film’s producer, Muvizz.com, states, “BOB was removed from YouTube late on Wednesday night following objections from Kriti’s producers. It is obvious that no case of plagiarism is made out against Kriti’s makers as alleged by Aneel Neupane.”
He adds, “We have explained our position to YouTube and they have assured full cooperation. My clients are fulfilling the requirements of YouTube and are hopeful that Kriti will be back on their platform soon. In the meantime, viewers can catch up on Kriti on Muvizz. com.”
On Tuesday, Kunder had sent Neupane a legal notice demanding an unconditional, written apology and to refrain from making any comments on Kriti. After Kunder’s film was launched on June 22, Neupane had accused him of stealing the plot of BOB, which was unveiled on May 12 this year.
“BOB was removed from YouTube following objections raised by my client, Abhayanand Singh of the Singapore-based Indie Muviz Pvt Ltd, which produced Shirish Kunder's short. It is obvious that no case of plagiarism has been made against my clients as was alleged by Aneel Neupane. Currently, my clients' film, Kriti, is available on Muvizz.com. We have also explained our legal position to YouTube and they have assured us of full cooperation. My clients are fulfilling YouTube's requirements in the matter and are hopeful that their film will be back on the platform,“ advocate Rizwan Siddiquee who is representing Kunder and Muvizz.com producers of Kriti along with its lead, Manoj Bajpayee, said.
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After Shirish Kunder’s short film, Aneel Neupane’s psycho thriller has also been pulled down from YouTube over the ongoing copyright battle
Shaheen Parkar (MID-DAY; July 1, 2016)
In what seems to be a case of tit for tat, the makers of Shirish Kunder’s short film, Kriti, made sure that Nepali filmmaker Aneel Neupane’s BOB was also pulled down from YouTube yesterday. On Wednesday, Kunder’s 18-minute film starring Manoj Bajpayee, Radhika Apte and Neha Sharma was removed from the global video-sharing website following a copyright claim by Neupane. A similar charge was levelled by the producers of Kriti leading to BOB’s removal YouTube.
A message appeared on BOB’s link yesterday which stated: ‘This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Abhayanand Singh ( Indie Muviz Pte Ltd)’. Advocate Rizwan Siddiquee representing Kunder and the film’s producer, Muvizz.com, states, “BOB was removed from YouTube late on Wednesday night following objections from Kriti’s producers. It is obvious that no case of plagiarism is made out against Kriti’s makers as alleged by Aneel Neupane.”
He adds, “We have explained our position to YouTube and they have assured full cooperation. My clients are fulfilling the requirements of YouTube and are hopeful that Kriti will be back on their platform soon. In the meantime, viewers can catch up on Kriti on Muvizz. com.”
On Tuesday, Kunder had sent Neupane a legal notice demanding an unconditional, written apology and to refrain from making any comments on Kriti. After Kunder’s film was launched on June 22, Neupane had accused him of stealing the plot of BOB, which was unveiled on May 12 this year.
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