Bengaluru: A Bengaluru court on Monday directed Twitter to temporarily block the accounts of the Congress and Bharat Jodo Yatra for allegedly infringing the statutory copyright owned by MRT Music by illegally using sound records of the film KGF Chapter-2.
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The commercial court of Bengaluru directed Twitter to keep the said accounts-@INCIndia and @BharatJodo- blocked till further inquiry regarding the alleged unauthorized use of songs from the film KGF. It also directed to remove three tweets posted by @INCIndia.
MRT Music, which owns the copyrights to the songs in KGF Chapter 2, has accused Congress of copyright infringement on Twitter. A petition was filed seeking the enforcement of a permanent restraining order in this regard. Justice Lathakumari, who heard this application, adjourned the hearing after giving this notice.
