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MUMBAI:
The Indian Music Industry (IMI) is getting its act together
to curb privacy. Acting on a tip-off from the IMI, the Jaipur
police carried out a raid resulting in the seizure of about
2,800 MP3 CDs, 32 CD writers, 33,000 inlay cards, 2,800 blank
CDs, 31,800 cellophane paper, 1 DVD player, 2 UPS, 1 scanner,
200 wastage CDs and 4,300 DVDs.
The
raid took place on 27 July and the the owners and employees
of the establishment have been arrested.
The
seized titles include movies like Coolie No.1, Mohra,
Sarfarosh, China Gate, Saajan, Aashiqui,
Phool Aur Kaante, Deewana and Dilwale
amongst others.
The
raid falls in line with a series of other raids IMI has initiated
over the past few weeks to counter piracy syndicates operating
in the states of Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,
Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh.
IMI
president Vijay Lazarus said, "IMI through its anti-piracy
operations has always promoted and encouraged the development
of musical culture and has facilitated the evolution of fair
trade and business practices in the industry. These integrated
surprise raids by IMI and the police have controlled the booming
counterfeit trade market to a large extent, however, enhanced
public awareness regarding piracy and its menace will certainly
help in eradicating the problem and the media will undoubtedly
play a major role in it."
The
IMI is a consortium of over 90 music companies including labels
such as Saregama, Universal Music, Tips, Venus, BMG Crescendo,
Sangeetha, Sony Music, Virgin and Aditya Music.
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