Why I Took a Multi-Billion-Dollar Indian Media Giant to U.S. Federal Court

I have filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court against Times Internet Limited, India’s largest media conglomerate, alleging willful copyright infringement and materially false statements made under penalty of perjury in a DMCA counter-notification.

The case centers on the unauthorized use of my original, copyright-registered footage, the removal of my copyright identifiers, and a subsequent sworn denial to YouTube that my work was used “in any manner whatsoever.” That denial triggered U.S. jurisdiction and transformed what could have been a routine copyright dispute into a federal lawsuit.

Overseas megalithic media corporations’ abuse of legal process and evasion of accountability through denial, delay, and exploitation of cross-border legal friction must be brought to a stop.

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