Mind it! 2.0 movie producers get Madras HC injunction against online leaks

2.0, estimated to be the most expensive movie in Indian cinema, releases on Thursday and features Tamil superstar Rajinikanth and Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar.

The producers of 2.0 on Wednesday secured an injunction against the online broadcast of the movie without their consent, hoping the Madras High Court’s order to Internet Service Providers (ISP) will deter leaks.

The movie, estimated to be the most expensive in Indian cinema, releases on Thursday and features Tamil superstar Rajinikanth and Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar.

The producers had identified 12,564 websites which host content without the creators’ permission and don’t have a "take-down" mechanism in place.

The Madras High Court restrained ISPs from infringing the film producers’ rights by “facilitating access, copying, recording, reproducing, uploading or downloading or