Viacom18 Vs FairPlay: Betting Platform Operator Arrested For Unlawfully Streaming IPL 2023

Viacom18 Vs FairPlay: Betting Platform Operator Arrested For Unlawfully Streaming IPL 2023

SUMMARY

Gulam Abbas Muni was arrested on December 12 after Viacom18 filed a criminal complaint against FairPlay, its owners and distributors with the Maharashtra cyber crime unit

The accused was produced before a court on December 12 and has now been remanded to police custody until the unspecified next date of hearing

The complaint spans allegations of copyright infringement, criminal conspiracy, cheating, among other offences, for allegedly unlawfully streaming the IPL on the betting platform

The cyber crime unit of the Maharashtra Police has arrested a key figure behind the betting platform FairPlay India for allegedly infringing the IPL-related intellectual property rights (IPRs) of Reliance-backed Viacom18.

Gulam Abbas Muni was arrested on December 12 after the company filed a criminal complaint against the platform, its owners and distributors with the Maharashtra Cyber Digital Crime Unit (MCDCU). 

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