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INR25 Crore Notice Against Netflix for Copyright Parody

10/2/2025

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A INR25 crore legal notice has been issued against Netflix and Kapil Sharma's team over a parody of Baburao Ganpatrao Apte.
Producer Firoz A. Nadiadwala argues the portrayal infringes his intellectual property rights without consent.
The case spotlights the boundaries of parody under Indian copyright law and its effect on original creators' market.

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A INR25 crore legal notice has been issued against Netflix and Kapil Sharma's team over a parody of Baburao Ganpatrao Apte.
Producer Firoz A. Nadiadwala argues the portrayal infringes his intellectual property rights without consent.
The case spotlights the boundaries of parody under Indian copyright law and its effect on original creators' market.