Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Friday, Feb 07, 2003
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, Feb 07, 2003 |
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Industry & Economy
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Electronics Massive haul of pirated VCDs Our Bureau
HYDERABAD, Feb. 6 IN a massive raid city police seized nearly 14,500 video compact disks (VCDs), which displayed pirated versions of 2,268 movies in three different languages (Hindi, Tamil and English), from three private concerns in Hyderabad. The sleuths of the Commissioner's Task Force raided the premises of Priyadarshini Video Library and Fribzi Video Library in the Banjara Hills areas and Shalima Video Company, near the Exhibition Grounds, Nampally, based on credible information. In addition to seizing large number of pirated VCDs, the police also arrested three persons of the respective firms — Mr L. Manjith Reddy of Priyadarshini Videos, Mr G. Someswara Rao of Fribzi and Mohd. Idris of Shalima. The seized property is worth Rs 15 lakh, according to a press release from the City Police Commissioner. On interrogation, the accused confessed that they were procuring the pirated VCDs from Mumbai and Chennai. They were selling and circulating the pirated VCDs on higher rates to the customers. The modus operandi of these persons was to procure pirated VCDs/DVDs of recently-released films in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu and circulate to the customers on rental basis and sell to the other video libraries and earn huge profits, while correspondingly causing loss to the copyright holders. The pirated VCDs do not contain the hologram and censor certification:U/S: 52(A) of CopyRight Act and these VCDs are of very poor quality when compared to the original. Efforts were being made to trace the source of these pirated VCDs/DVDs in Mumbai and Chennai, the release said. Meanwhile, the counsel and representative of the Motion Pictures Association in Andhra Pradesh, Mr Shailendra Kumar said "video piracy is a non-bailable, cognisable offence and the police have the powers to seize pirated copies `suo moto'. In the present seizures, the association had taken a pro-active role as part of its ongoing anti-piracy campaign in different parts of the country. Piracy and copyright infringements, especially in the film industry is rampant and brings in thousands of crore of loss annually. The Indian Copyright Act has made ample provisions for curtailing the spread of this piracy problem, he said.
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