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Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
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Official sources said CDs and cassettes with pornographic content were also among the seizures. As many as eight persons were arrested and seven cases registered on charges of violation of the Copyrights Act and Indecent Representation of Women Act. The City Police Commissioner, Rajan Singh, ordered the raids, which were conducted by five police teams each headed by a sub-inspector. Pirated versions of the latest films such as `Nammal', `Kasturimaan', `Kilichundan Mambazham', `Meesa Madhavan' and `Chronic Bachelor' were reportedly seized from various video rental outlets in the city. Similar seizures were made by the rural police from video parlours at Neyyattinkara, Balaramapuram, Varkala and Nedumangad. The raids came in the wake of a spate of complaints by Malayalam movie artists, producers, distributors and cine exhibitors that video-piracy was eating into the returns of the film industry. A delegation, which included the film star, Mamootty, had brought the grave situation to the notice of the Chief Minister, A.K Antony, on Friday. Certain big names in the video cassette rental business in the city are allegedly behind the organised piracy of new releases, according to sources. New films are video-recorded on the sly from theatres using miniature handycams and the video content is then rampantly duplicated on CDs and cassettes. Sometimes, the film prints are diverted for duplication on CDs while they are being transported from one theatre to another. The video rights of movies are usually sold only after one year of its release. Often, those who buy the video rights for a Malayalam movie first make a killing by trading the pirated version of the film. The competition between cable networks for market share has also led to illegal telecast of new releases, it is alleged. Certain private cable television networks air pirated version of latest movies on the sly. Industry representatives demanded that the civic authorities bring in a licensing system to make the managements of video-parlours more accountable.
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