As
Rajinikanth-Akshay
Kumar
starrer
'2.0'
is
slated
to
release
today
i.e.
on
Thursday,
the
Madras
High
Court
has
directed
37
internet
service
providers
(ISPs)
to
block
over
12,000
websites
that
exhibit
pirated
versions
of
Tamil
movies.
The
list
includes
more
than
2,000
websites
operated
by
'TamilRockers.'
Justice
M
Sundar
passed
the
order
Wednesday
while
allowing
a
plea
moved
by
Lyca
Productions
Private
Limited,
the
movie's
producer.
When
the
plea
came
up,
Lyca's
counsel
Vijayan
Subramanian
produced
an
extensive
list
of
12,564
illegal
websites.
The
counsel
contended
that
when
'TamilRockers'
website
is
blocked,
it
immediately
creates
mirror
websites
by
changing
an
insignificant
part
of
the
Uniform
Resource
Locator
(URL)
or
any
other
extension,
and
are
therefore
able
to
reinstate
the
infringing
material
with
minimal
effort.
Subramanian
produced
a
probable
list
of
extension
of
'TamilRockers'
and
sought
an
injunction
against
all
such
websites.
According
to
Lyca,
its
latest
venture
is
'2.0',
starring
Rajinikanth,
Akshay
Kumar,
Amy
Jackson
and
others.
The
movie
has
been
directed
by
S
Shankar.
The
producer
has
invested
substantial
sums
of
money
in
the
production
of
the
film
and
it
is
scheduled
to
be
released
in
more
than
7,000
screens
in
India
and
worldwide.
including
Chennai,
on
November
29.
The
movie
is
releasing
in
more
than
five
languages,
including
Mandarin
in
China.
The
trailer
for
the
promotion
of
the
film
has
been
released.
The
official
trailer,
published
on
'YouTube',
has
already
garnered
13,089,498
views,
the
counsel
said.
While
the
company
has
acquired
all
exploitation
and
distribution
rights
including
theatrical
and
music,
besides
other
rights,
including
TV,
internet,
digital
and
home
video
exclusively,
under
the
Copyright
Act,
it
apprehended
that
such
illegal
websites
might
exhibit
pirated
versions
of
the
film
soon
after
its
release.
According
to
the
counsel,
the
web
pages
and
websites
which
provide
such
links
are
multifarious
and
are
disbursed
all
over
the
globe.
Such
websites
are
allowed
to
be
viewed
in
India
through
various
internet
service
providers
such
as
the
37
listed
in
the
plea,
the
company
contended.
PTI