Mumbai Police books Sundar Pichai, 5 others for Copyright Act violation

The Mumbai Police has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet, and five other officials of Google for violation of Copyright Act, news agency ANI reported on Wednesday.

The case was registered on the directions of a court following a complaint from film director Suneel Darshan.

In his complaint, Darshan alleged that Google had allowed unauthorised persons to upload his film 'Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha' on YouTube, the news agency reported.

The search engine giant said in its reaction that it has a set mechanism which copyright owners can use to protect their content on platforms such as YouTube.

As per a police official, the case was registered at the MIDC Police Station in suburban Andheri on the orders of a magistrate's court on Tuesday evening.

The persons named in the complaint included Google LLC, YouTube LLC, Google India ltd, Pichai and others.

The central government had on Tuesday evening released the list of Padma Awards winners for this year, which also included Pichai. The Alphabet CEO will be conferred with Padma Bhushan.

(With PTI inputs)

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