Ravi Shankar Prasad's account was locked due to Rahman's song

New Delhi: Ladakh Twitter on Friday blocked the account of Information and Broadcasting and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad over alleged violations of US Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Prasad criticized Twitter's move, calling it a form of arbitrariness and a breach of IT rules. Prasad posted a song on Twitter which featured a song. The posting of this song is considered an alleged infringement of copyright. "Twitter suspended my account for about an hour for violating the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act," Prasad said. After that allowed me.

A Twitter spokesperson confirmed that the minister's notice had caused a temporary shutdown at the minister's office. In accordance with our copyright policy, we take action on authorized copyright complaints sent to us by the copyright owner or its authorized representatives.

The company's filing reveals that Prasad's Twitter account was sued by Sony Music Entertainment for claiming a copyright for a clip. Tujhe Salaam was used in the song of composer AR Rahman.

Regarding the DMCA's notice, it is understood that it includes a 2012 tweet by Prasad. Twitter said it had lifted the ban, but retained an affiliate tweet.

According to the Lumen database, the notice was sent by DMC on 3 matches 2021 and was received by Twitter on 5 June. The Lumen Database is an independent project that studies others, including content that will be banned by Twitter on its own site.

According to sources, the attached post contained a video paying homage to the Indian Army on the occasion of the anniversary of the victory of the 191 war. A song by AR Rahman was playing in the background of the video. As a result, this post is considered a copyright infringement.

Following this, Ravi Shankar Prasad accused Twitter of behaving arbitrarily and said that he was not a proponent of personal freedom.