A major Indian news agency, Asian News International (ANI), is suing Netflix over a controversial show called IC 814 – The Kandahar Hijack. This series is based on the real-life 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane by Pakistan-based terrorists. The issue? ANI claims Netflix used their archive footage and trademarked content without permission. They want Netflix to remove four episodes of the show.

But the lawsuit isn’t just about footage. The series also sparked a huge debate in In...