Actor Vijay or
Ilaya Thalabathy Vijay, if you say his name, many of us may relate to Movie release issues. It would be an easy question to answer, if we ask “how
many Vijay movies had released so far
without any disputes” rather
than asking “how many movies faced issues without dispute”.
What are the issues
that cause the delay in
release of movies and what is the solution to avoid these kinds of disputes. Let's see them all here!
Not only Vijay's
movie but also for many other movies
there are few dispute arises at the time of movie release. Let’s see what are
those issues in detail:
1. The story is a stolen one
2. The title of the movie is similar to
other title
and few other
small disputes like non-repayment of loan amount etc.
Let's see the 1st issue in
detail: Stolen story:
In recent days
many of the movies like Sarkar, Kathi, 96, Manmathan etc., are
facing similar disputes. We are not here to find whose mistake is that but the truth is, because of this impede, 1000s of poor film
industry workers’ livelihood
was badly affected. So there is an immediate cause to stop these
kind of disputes. But is it possible to stop these issues completely? Yes.
Copyright Registration: This is
a Central Government registration, which grants a right of ownership to your
Story. Hence, by registering your Story under Copyright, no one can claim a
cross right over it. This will
act as a conclusive proof for your ownership over our story.
Hence, it is
advisable that the Producer or the Actor to verify the copyright certificate
from the director or story writer
to ensure the exclusive ownership
over his story. This will avoid unnecessary disputes and avoid delay in release of movies.
Now the 2nd issue in detail :
Similarity of Movie names
Similarity of
movie title is once again another dispute and reason for delay in movie release. There are previous examples also,
such as Robo Vs. Enthiran or Thalaiva Vs Thalaivan etc. This problem may also
be a reason for delay in movie release. But is there any solution to overcome this issue?
Yes of course,
there’s a solution for this issue. Here it comes, a Trademark Registration.
This is furthermore another kind of
registration under Central Government. This ensures an exclusive right over the Movie Title. This registration will prevent any third parties
to claim any unauthorised rights over your movie title and exploitation of title as well. Hence, the delay in release shall
be avoided.
The Directors
and Story writer can also register
their story and title in Producers council and authors council. Yes, this also
a good way to protect but the stronger and appropriate legal way is getting
your movie and title to be protected under Copyright and Trademark Registration
as this will gives an exclusive
statutory ownership rights over the brain products.
Conclusion:
The best way to
avoid any movie related disputes is that the Producer and the Actors should ensure
the availability of Copyright and Trademark Certificate before signing up the
contract with the Director. This will avoid any delay in movie release. Prevention is better than cure!!! So,
let’s protect our precious brain products under Intellectual Property Rights
and enjoy the monopoly!!!
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