IHT reported:
There is no doubt that the organizers of the festival have violated copyright but I think that Warner Brothers could have solved this matter in a better way. After all, the organizers of the event were not selling books or CDs of Harry Potter illegally. They honored Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling in their own religious festival. Instead, Warner Brothers could send their representatives to the festival and use the images in any Harry Potter movie in future.Penguin
India took legal action on behalf of author J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers, who hold the rights in India, over a temporary shrine erected in the West Bengal city of Calcutta to honor the Hindu goddess of valor, Durga. The shrine was decorated to resemble Hogwarts School where the fictional boy wizard is taught his skills, and featured stills from the Harry Potter movies. Delhi High Court ruled that the organizers of the Durga Puja festival must remove the display or pay the fine for copyright violation, Penguin India's regional sales manager Nirmalya Roychowdhury said. "Sadly, the organizers of this large-scale commercially sponsored event did not approach us for permission to go ahead," Warner Brothers said in a statement in
"This event falls outside the guidelines set up by Warner Bros., J.K. Rowling and her publishers to help charitable and not-for-profit organizations to run small-scale themed events that protect fans and allow everyone to enjoy Harry Potter books, films and events in the spirit in which they were created," the statement said.London.
Durga puja is the largest festival for Hindus in Eastern India especially in West Bengal.......... also for bangladeshi hindus
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