How Hollywood Can Sue Bollywood for Copyright Infringement and Save Indian Cinema

摘要

Bollywood directors have forever aped Hollywood storylines. Western studios have belatedly woken up to this trend and started threatening Bollywood directors with copyright infringement lawsuits. This article refers to English and Indian law and examines the ways in which filmmakers who copy storylines can be sued for copyright infringement. The author argues that copyright lawsuits against Bollywood could indirectly benefit the gifted yet neglected Indian directors outside the Bollywood genre.