India's Nykaa seeks to include Meta in music copyright fight with Zee

Aditya Kalra

Wed, May 20, 2026 astatine 7:33 AM CDT 1 min read

By Aditya Kalra

NEW DELHI, May 20 (Reuters) - Indian fashion-to-beauty retailer Nykaa has asked a New Delhi tribunal ‌to marque Meta a enactment to a copyright ‌dispute filed by media steadfast Zee, tribunal documents show, successful a lawsuit ​seen arsenic having implications for the commercialized usage of euphony connected Instagram.

• Zee Entertainment has sued Nykaa for allegedly utilizing its copyrighted songs successful Instagram reels to beforehand its products, ‌seeking $210,000 successful damages, ⁠Reuters reported this month.

• In a non-public filing dated May 19 and seen by Reuters ⁠on Wednesday, Nykaa told the Delhi High Court that Meta indispensable beryllium included, arsenic lone it tin "authoritatively authorities whether use" ​of euphony ​clips by Nykaa breached immoderate ​licence terms.

• Zee argues ‌its licensing statement with Meta allows individuals to usage its euphony successful posts, but lone for non-commercial purposes.

• Nykaa has besides argued the quality should archetypal spell to mediation, the filings show.

• Legal experts accidental the lawsuit could person ‌wider implications, fixed Nykaa and ​Zee are some large listed companies ​in India.

• Meta, Nykaa ​and Zee did not respond to requests ‌for comment.

• Music and movie ​copyright disputes person ​been successful absorption successful India. Zee has besides sued a Reliance-Disney associated task implicit alleged usage of ​its music, portion ‌the Reliance-led task has filed a lawsuit against Zee ​over alleged Bollywood movie licensing breaches.

(Reporting by Aditya ​Kalra. Editing by Mark Potter)