Delhi High Court upholds order deeming Satyajit Ray as first owner of copyright in Bengali film Nayak

A Division Bench of the High Court said that the producers of the film cannot claim any supervening right in the screenplay of the movie.

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17 Aug 2023, 10:56 am

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The Delhi High Court has upheld a single-judge’s ruling that legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray is the first owner of the copyright in the 1966 Bengali film Nayak because he wrote the screenplay for the movie.

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