Overview
- The Delhi High Court referred Zee’s copyright suit against JioStar to mediation and told the company to stop using Zee’s songs, with the next hearing set for July 23.
- Zee says JioStar used its music at least 50 times after licences lapsed in 2024 and 2025 across TV shows and streaming, and it seeks about $3 million and a court order to halt any use.
- JioStar says it removed flagged material and argues that passive archival hosting is not infringement, while rejecting the damages demand and signaling it wants an amicable fix.
- The dispute involves one of India’s largest platforms, JioHotstar, which reaches about 500 million monthly users, and Zee’s catalogue of more than 19,450 songs in 17 languages, so takedowns could change what viewers can watch.
- This fight is part of a broader rights battle that includes a London arbitration where Reliance seeks $1 billion over a cricket deal and a separate Zee suit accusing retailer Nykaa of using its songs without permission.