The Colombo Commercial High Court yesterday issued notice on a leading mobile phone-service provider over an intellectual property rights suit filed by a song writer demanding five million rupees as damages for unpaid royalties on songs used in ringing tones.
The court issued notice on the service provider taking into consideration an application filed by well known filmmaker Sunil Wimalaweera of Rajasinghe Mawatha, Mulleriyawa.
Mr. Wimalaweera said he had composed a large number of popular songs which were being broadcast over radio, television and other media.
He said the company was selling to its customers residing here and abroad the ringing tones from songs composed by him for a recently released film.
The ringing tones could be downloaded through the internet and this was being done without his permission, Mr. Wimalaweera said.
He said in his application that his intellectual property rights were being violated and while the service provider was benefiting financially, he had suffered a massive loss and damage.
Mr. Wimalaweera asked Court to issue an order directing the service provider to stop using his songs in ringing tones by its customers whether already using them or hope to use them in the future and to grant him five million rupees as damages.
-Dailymirror.
i did a bit more searching on google and found out that the mobile phone company told here is actually Dialog!
The court issued notice on the service provider taking into consideration an application filed by well known filmmaker Sunil Wimalaweera of Rajasinghe Mawatha, Mulleriyawa.
Mr. Wimalaweera said he had composed a large number of popular songs which were being broadcast over radio, television and other media.
He said the company was selling to its customers residing here and abroad the ringing tones from songs composed by him for a recently released film.
The ringing tones could be downloaded through the internet and this was being done without his permission, Mr. Wimalaweera said.
He said in his application that his intellectual property rights were being violated and while the service provider was benefiting financially, he had suffered a massive loss and damage.
Mr. Wimalaweera asked Court to issue an order directing the service provider to stop using his songs in ringing tones by its customers whether already using them or hope to use them in the future and to grant him five million rupees as damages.
-Dailymirror.
i did a bit more searching on google and found out that the mobile phone company told here is actually Dialog!
