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IPL monitor: Round-up of the day's news
Rajasthan's stars consider leaving
Cricinfo staff
May 15, 2008
Rajasthan's stars consider returning home
Darren Berry, the Rajasthan Royals' team manager, says there is a "real option" three of the team's highest profile players - Shane Warne, Shane Watson, and Graeme Smith - will not return to Jaipur following a series of bombs that killed about 80 people in the city on Tuesday. Berry is on a four-day break in Goa along with the three players, and said the group had considered "getting on the plane and getting out of here".
Carry-bags banned from IPL matches
According to a report in IANS, the IPL organisers have banned spectators from bringing carry-bags to their venues in the wake of the Jaipur blasts. The organisers reportedly decided to take the measure following an advisory from various security and intelligence agencies.
Kolkata taken to court for alleged copyright violation
The Kolkata Knight Riders franchise have been taken to court by the Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) on grounds of copyright violation for playing 14 popular Hindi songs without its permission during the IPL matches at the Eden Gardens. However, Justice Sanjib Mukherjee of the Calcutta High Court refused to grant an injunction against the use of the songs, and directed the parties concerned to file affidavits stating their position. Appearing before the judge, Kolkata's counsels said that the franchise already had permission to play nine of those songs from Super Cassettes, whom they said had the copyright. Kolkata will now have to file their affidavit within two weeks, after which the IPRS will be given a week to submit its reply. The matter will then come up for hearing in July, by which time the inaugural edition of the IPL will be over.
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