Copyright violation is a
serious offence in India especially when it is combined with the
offences punishable under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT
Act 2000). The IT Act 2000 has prescribed cyber
law due diligence (pdf) and internet
intermediary obligations that all stakeholders are
required to comply with. Online gaming and gambling websites are no
exception to these compliances. Similarly rules apply to mobile
gaming stakeholders of India. As on date we have no
dedicated online
gaming and online gambling laws of India but there are
many laws whose legal compliances are mandatory for such online
gaming and gambling businesses.
Perry4Law
Law Firm is occasionally consulted for online gaming,
online gambling, online card games, online games, online lotteries,
etc related legal issues. We have extended our legal expertise to
many national and international clients who have complied with our
engagement
terms. However, some unscrupulous individuals and
companies have tried to steal our copyrighted terms and conditions,
privacy policy, disclaimer, etc (legal documents) in the past. We
have been ignoring these things in the past but from now onwards we
have decided to take these copyright and cyber law violations
seriously.
We have been sending
legal notices and DMCA complaints to such individuals, companies and
hosting service providers who are party to such copyright
infringement and cyber law violations whether by design or
unintentionally. The idea is to protect our copyrighted legal
documents and to safeguard our own financial interests.
Now we have also decided
to make a public database of such violators so that information in
this regard can be collected at a single
place. Our first post in this regard is regarding the
website of https://pokernation.com/ that is carrying our copyrighted
legal documents without our approval and without complying with our engagement terms. The same has been done in association with Fortuity Gaming Solutions Pvt Ltd. We have
served DMCA complaint and legal notices to Pokernation, Fortuity Gaming Solutions Pvt Ltd and
their Directors/principal officers. We have also intimated them
through our Twitter account at @ptlbindia.
You can see these tweets at here1 and
here2.
Further legal actions, if required, would also be taken against the
guilty person/company.
We would update our
readers about this copyright violation episode by Pokernation and
Fortuity from time to time. Any individual or company interested in
seeking our legal assistance may contact us in this regard and
establish a client
attorney relationship.
