MUMBAI: Following that of Singham and Bodyguard, the Delhi High Court has given the much-needed relief to Hari Om Productions, producer of Speedy Singhs, towards its copyright protection a day before its release on 22 September.

The production house had moved the HC against a few cable operators and against unknown defendants for a temporary and permanent injunction for any copyright infringement.

After hearing the producer‘s lawyers, the Delhi HC passed the ‘John Doe Order‘ against all the defendants, including unknown persons, restraining them from, in any way displaying, releasing, showing, uploading, downloading, exhibiting, playing, defraying the movie Speedy Singhs, without a proper licence from its producers.

The order also restrains those who may wish to release or distribute the film without permission through CD, DVD, Blu-ray, VCD, Cable TV, DTH, internet, MMS, tapes, conditional access system or other media. The order is valid till December 19, 2011.

The term ‘John Doe Order‘ is used to describe an injunction sought against someone whose identity is not known at the time it is issued.

While the makers of Singham got the order from the Delhi High Court in July, Reliance Entertainment got the same in August for Bodyguard.