43. These screenshots which have been incorporated in the plaint and the other infringing material disclosed on record, clearly leave no modicum of doubt that the channels, which are running on the Telegram platform, illegally and unauthorizedly are disseminating and communicating the Plaintiffs’ works, that too for monetary gains and infringing the Plaintiffs’ rights. The infringing channels are also so brazen that they use the names of the Plaintiffs, such as KD Publications, Neetu Singh, etc., in the channel titles, without any hesitation. 44. As discussed above, as per the provisions of the Copyright Act, the copies of the Plaintiffs’ works, which are circulated on Telegram channels, constitute infringing copies of the Plaintiffs’ works as defined under Section 2(m). In this background of clear infringement by the impugned channels, relying upon Sections 55 and 58 of the Copyright Act, as discussed above, the Court may direct seizure of the “infringing copies” in case of infringement, as Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:DEVANSHU JOSHI Signing Date:31.08.2022 12:12:31 CS (COMM) 282/2020 Page 31 of 51

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