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2023 Supreme(Online)(MAD) 10083

HIGH COURT OF MADRAS
Hon`ble Mr Justice S. SOUNTHAR
SUKI SIVAM – Appellant
Versus
YOUTUBE GOOGLE LLC – Respondent


J U D G M E N T

The present suit has been laid seeking permanent injunction restraining the defendants 1 to 3 from infringing, exploiting, uploading any of the plaintiff's audio-visual works more fully described in the annexure “A” to the plaint unless it is uploaded by the plaintiff or any person authorized by the plaintiff in writing. The plaintiff also seeks an injunction restraining the 4th defendant represented by John Doe/s @ Ashok Kumar/s (now deleted and replaced by Meta Platforms International) from infringing exploiting, uploading the plaintiff's audio- visual more fully described in Annexure “A” to the plaint except under written authority from the plaintiff.

2. According to the plaintiff, he is an eminent speaker and has millions of fans all over the world. He authored several books and also has given speeches in Tamil, on variety of subjects. He has addressed hundreds of public meetings and most of his speeches have been video graphed, the same were marketed under the banner “OM Audios” by the plaintiff. A list of such speeches made by the plaintiff is enclosed along with the plaint as Annexure “A”.

2.2. The plaintiff started a concern under the name and title of “Sukisiv

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