JUDGMENT

Prathiba M. Singh, J. -

I.A. 8461/2020 (u/O XI CPC seeking discovery and directions to Defendant No. 1 to disclose identity of infringing channels)

Brief Facts

1. The Plaintiffs - Ms. Neetu Singh and K.D. Campus Pvt. Ltd. have filed the present suit seeking permanent injunction restraining infringement of copyright, damages and other reliefs in respect of unauthorized dissemination of the Plaintiffs' videos, lecture, books, etc.

2. The case of the Plaintiffs is that Plaintiff No.1 is a renowned author of books which are designed to train students aspiring to take various competitive examinations including the examinations of Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Bank Probationary Officer (PO), CDS, NDA, etc. Plaintiff No.1 - Ms. Neetu Singh founded Plaintiff No.2 - M/s K.D. Campus, which runs coaching centres for these competitive exams. The suit has been filed by the Plaintiffs against Defendant No.1/Telegram FZ LLC (hereinafter 'Telegram') and Defendant No.2/John Doe, i.e., unknown persons.

3. The Telegram app is a messaging platform capable of being downloaded on mobile phones, computers, tabs and other similar gadgets, which enables transmission of text, audio files, video files, images, documents etc. The allegation in the suit is that the Plaintiffs' copyrighted works including course material, online lectures and other works are being disseminated unauthorizedly through various Telegram channels, some of which, as set out in the plaint, are as under:

. Neetu maam course (t.me/vshusinha1010);

. Neetu singh mam (t.me/EnglishbyNeetusinghmam);

. English (t.me/neetu-singh-mam);

. English Spoken by Neetu Singh (t.me/NeetuEnglish4Me);

. English By Neetu singh PDF (t.me/camastrammeena);

. Careerwill Paid classes (t.me/careerwill-ssc);

. Neetu mam English discussion (t.me/neetumamenglish);

. Neetu mam (t.me/Neetu2865);

. Kd campus live (t.me/kdcampusofficial22);

. Kd Campus Live (t.me/kdcampuslive);

. Kd live neetu mam (t.me/cjnvdb);

. Neetu mam English (free) (t.me/paidcourseforfree009);

. English by Neetu singh (t.me/kdcampus02);

\. (t.me/neetuenglish);

. ENGLISH SPECIAL NEETU SINGH PAID VIDEO (t.me/rahul202122);

. SSC Courses Neetu (t.me/ssccoursepaid1);

. Free all course (t.me/freeallcourse);

. Free all course (t.me/careerwillfreeallcourseofficial);

. FREE PAID COURSES FOR ALL EXAMS (t.me/Paid-Coursefree);

. PAID VIDEO FREE COURSE (t.me/paidvideofreecourse);

. Ssc bank mains paid material (t.me/bankingpd);

. Neetu English (t.me/Neetuenglishfree);

. NEETU SINGH ENGLISH (t.me/digitalboardhai);

. NEETU SINGH ENGLISH (t.me/getpaidcourse5);

. All competition class (t.me/PRATEEKNAIK);

. SSC Courses Neetu Singh, gopal verma, abhinay sir plus, e1 coaching, neon classes, CGL CHSL and many more. (t.me/ssccoursespaid1);

. English mains by gopal verma& Christopher (t.me/egvianss);

. Govtclasses:tm:Govt:exclamation:Classes:black-circle: (t.me/govtclasses);

. Exam Material For You (t.me/exammaterialforyou);

. Carrer will app paid videos (t.me/carrerwillvideosfree), etc.

4. The Plaintiffs aver that on these channels, videos of the lectures delivered by Plaintiff No.1 are being uploaded on a daily basis and being made accessible to students at discounted rates. The screenshots of the said videos are extracted in the plaint. The Plaintiffs also found that the books of the Plaintiffs including books titled 'Plinth to Paramount' etc. are being circulated in PDF formats on Telegram channels.

5. In so far as Telegram's role is concerned, according to the Plaintiffs, as per the Privacy Policy of Telegram, any abus