Live streaming of Court proceedings in the High Court of Meghalaya
Live Streaming Rules : meghalayahighc...
Prohibitions and Restrictions on usage of the Recording or Live stream:
i. No person/entity (including print and electronic media, and social media
platforms) other than an authorised person/entity shall record, share
and/or disseminate live streamed Proceedings or Archival Data. This
provision shall also apply to all messaging applications. Any person/entity
acting contrary to this provision will be prosecuted as per law. The Court
shall have the exclusive copyright in the Recordings and Archival Data. Any
unauthorised usage of the live stream will be punishable as an offence
under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, Information Technology Act, 2000,
and other provisions of law, including the law of Contempt.
ii. Any party/ litigant-in-person accessing the live stream will be bound by
these Rules.
iii. The live stream shall not, without the prior written authorisation of the
Court, be reproduced, transmitted, uploaded, posted, modified,
published, or re-published in any form.
iv. The use of authorised recordings in their original form may be permitted
by the Court, inter-alia to disseminate news and for training, academic and
educational purposes. Authorised recordings handed over for the
aforesaid purposes shall not be further edited or processed. Such
Recordings will not be used for commercial, promotional purposes or
advertising in any form.
v. No person shall use a Recording Device for recording or for transcribing
the proceedings, other than those authorised by the Court.
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