The Madras High Court, in Thiagarajan Kumararaja v. M/s Capital Film Works and Anr. recently held that the producer of a film has the right to dub that film in any other language, subject to any agreement to the contrary. This is the first time that the Court has explicitly deliberated on the rights of the producer qua the author of the script regarding dubbing of a film. The judgement is available here. Brief Background The writer of the script … Continue reading Madras HC: Producer’s Right to ‘Communicate to the Public’ Includes the Right to Dub