30 Arrested In Punjab With Pirated CDs

[DeathKnell]

Thirty people have been arrested in Punjab and hundreds of pirated CDs and DVDs seized from them, police said here Tuesday.

On a tip-off from the organisation Indian Music Industry (IMI), police conducted 31 mobile chip anti-piracy raids at several places across the state. Over 21,180 pirated CDs, mostly of new films, were seized during the raids.

The raids were conducted in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Kharar, Barnala, Jalandhar, Sangrur, Patiala, Faridkot, Mohali, Ferozepur, Pathankot and Jagraon, IMI officials said here.

The raids led to the seizure of a massive amount of pirated material, including 35 memory cards, 15,406 pirated CDs, 23 computers, 37 DVD writers, 19 card readers, 36,000 inlay cards and other material used in piracy.

Police recovered titles and MP3s of various hit movies like 'Golmaal', 'Singh is King', 'Rajneeti', 'I Hate Luv Stories', 'Prince', 'Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani', 'Murder' and several others.

Nearly 18,000 pirated CDs were seized with other material and 30 people were arrested in anti-piracy raids in April and May this year in Punjab.

Punjab police had in March this year also recovered over 5,900 pirated CDs of new films and arrested 21 people in this connection.

IMI officials said the Bollywood film industry was suffering a loss of Rs.6 billion (Rs.600 crore) annually due to piracy. They added that new formats of piracy, like mobile chip piracy, were leading to an estimated loss of another Rs.3 billion (Rs.300 crore).

Source: Sify

DeathKnell Reviewed by DeathKnell on 10th Aug 2010. 30 Arrested In Punjab With Pirated CDs Thirty people have been arrested in Punjab and hundreds of pirated CDs and DVDs seized from them, police said here Tuesday. On a tip-off from the organisation Indian Music Industry (IMI), police conducted 31 mobile chip anti-piracy raids at several places across the state. Over 21,180 pirated CDs, mostly of new films, were seized during the raids. The raids were conducted in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Kharar, Barnala, Jalandhar, Sangrur, Patiala, Faridkot, Mohali, Ferozepur, Rating: 5

[WebKobra]

I'm speechless. Thanks for the share.

[kiddo]

I'm speechless too. Since when did India get this strict on anti-piracy?

[4tw]

It's probably because they pirated local movies, even in my country they consider local piracy serious, where as they don't care for shit about international content being pirated.

As for these guys, they seem to be doing it big time, they probably have that much worth hardware as they make copies and sell the content they dupe from the original.

[shadeslader]

hah they're worried about piracy

i guess nothing else is as important

[sniffdog]

I don't known how about India, but in most South East Asian countries this is usually very profitable for the police.

[Royal King]

Here there are loads of people who get arrested almost everyday. I've seen many times police coming and arresting them but they get released soon because these guys bribe the police and get away

[abhay26]

Lol, there are tons of people selling pirated movies DVDs near my area, even opposite to the Police Station lmao

[Ar!yaN]

I am sure they people will not co-operated with the police thats why they got arrested lol

otherwise police need some rupee to let them go lol