Court asks 5 Robi officials to appear on Apr 15

A Dhaka court yesterday asked five officials of the private mobile phone operator company Axiata Bangladesh (formerly Aktel) to appear before it on April 15 in connection with two separate cases filed for breaching the Copyright Act.
Axiata goes under the brand name 'Robi' in Bangladesh.
The defendants in the cases are chief executive officer Michael Kuehner, Chief Marketing Officer Bidyut Kumar Basu, head of Regulatory Alloisus Mohan Romaiah, head of Corporate Affairs Segufta Yesmin Samad and head of value Added Services Novera Nur.
Judge ANM Bashir Ullah of the Senior Special Judge's Court passed the order after two cases were filed against them.
Hamin Ahmed and Mannan Ahmed, members of the band Miles, said in their complaints that Robi is illegally using two of their famous songs -- 'Neela' and 'Firiye Dao' -- as their ring and welcome tones without seeking any prior permission from the band.
Mahfuz Alam James filed a similar complaint in relation to his song 'Dukhini Dukkho Korona'.
The court also ordered James to present his documents to the court in support of his allegation on the same day.
Barrister Arifur Rahman appeared for the complainants.