In the 21st century, cinema and film play a major role not only
in our social activities, but also as a tool for learning about our
history, addressing the issues faced in society and imagining what
the future of a more innovative world would look like. However, the
legal implications of telling a story through film, the cinema and
television, go far deeper. Issues of copyright infringement,
particularly within the Hollywood and Bollywood context, have found
their way to the court room.
A recent blog post entitled "Bollywood and Copyright
– Infringement or Inspiration" by Indian law firm Selvam
and Selvam shines a spotlight on this issue.
The argument in the post is that Bollywood films have for too
long blatantly copied Hollywood films. Whenever Bollywood
filmmakers are challenged on this, they claim that, although they
may have been inspired by the Hollywood film, they haven't
actually copied it. Examples of Hollywood films that have been used
as "inspiration"
