| Govt to strengthen communication on borders | 18-NOV-09 |
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| In an apparent move to counter anti-India propaganda from across the border, the Centre has earmarked Rs 100 crore to strengthen communication towers and other terrestrial infrastructure in the country's border towns. |
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| 'Film ind loses up to Rs 4,000 cr to piracy' | 03-OCT-09 |
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| The 14,000-crore Indian film industry lost a whopping Rs 3,000-4,000 crore in the last financial year to rampant video and music piracy, a top production house official said. |
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| BAE Systems develops technology to combat piracy in the high seas | 09-SEP-09 |
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| A sophisticated electronic early warning system aimed at combating soaring levels of piracy on the high seas has been developed by engineers at BAE Systems. This brand new system has been launched in London at DSEi - (Defence and Security Equipment International 2009 - an event held every two years in London. |
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| Latha Jishnu: The dangerous business of film piracy | 22-JUL-09 |
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| Bollywood is breaking out the champagne. Last week, the Maharashtra government decided to equate video and audio piracy with drug peddling, bootlegging and other dangerously nefarious activities and decided that a draconian law, which covers the latter group, would apply to film and music pirates, too. The ordinance, signed by Governor S C Jamir, brought audio-video piracy into the purview of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) Act of 1981, which allows the police to lock up offenders or potential offenders for as long as three months without bail, and up to a maximum of 12 months. |
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| "The Big Red Monster - Kane" urge kids to fight against Piracy | 12-JUN-09 |
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| Kids Media India (KMI), the licensing division of Spacetoon Media Group and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) today announced their joint support towards curbing merchandise piracy in India. The WWE superstar “KANE” who was in Mumbai to promote their Merchandise products expressed his concern on the growing menace of piracy in the country. |
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| Satellite piracy sends strong signals to India | 09-JUN-09 |
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| Deepak Chaurasia (name changed) is watching the latest Hindi movie beamed by his cable operator. Glued to the local cable channel at home, he’s an unwitting partner in crime. Though he doesn’t know it, the movie has been routed from a pay television (TV) channel without authorisation from the original broadcaster. |
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| Caught on film | 14-MAY-09 |
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| Entertainment media companies should have put a stop to hardware development 30 years ago. It’s too late now—CDs, DVDs, mp3s, memory sticks, Blu-ray, broadband and file-sharing have totally democratised data dispersal. Content has escaped the container. |
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| Latha Jishnu: Thieves who turned super cops | 13-MAY-09 |
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| You won’t get many people who will tell you that America’s industrial might and prosperity is founded on theft and outright piracy. That’s because few are aware of this history; Americans themselves have erased their years of piracy from national memory, believing instead that the country was a powerhouse of innovation from the very beginning of its foundation. There is the odd person like Doron Ben-Atar who takes pains to remind the US — and the world — that not too long ago, the super power was merrily engaged in stealing trade secrets from Europe to build a fledgling nation that was technologically backward. |
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| 20th Century Fox sues B R Films for plagiarism | 03-MAY-09 |
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| Hollywood's famous studio Twentieth Century Fox has moved the Bombay High Court against B R Chopra Films seeking Rs 7-crore damages and an injunction against the release of the Hindi film 'Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai' alleging it was a remake of Oscar-winning 'My Cousin Vinny'. |
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| Music companies cut deal to curb piracy | 26-APR-09 |
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| If you can't beat them, make peace with them. That's the mantra that the Indian Music Industry, the association of music companies, has adopted after its 30-year war against piracy. It will legitimise the practice by issuing licences, but for a small fee. |
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