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India 4th largest illegal downloader of online content
Tuesday, 15 December 2009, 19:03 Hrs |
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The reports were prepared on behalf of MPDA by Envisional and DtecNet, two global firms engaged in providing software solutions to track and prevent piracy of digital content and online business.
According to their findings, India trails only the U.S., Britain and Canada in online copyright infringement.
Envisional's report said online piracy of film and television content in India is mainly through file-sharing networks like BitTorrent and cyberlockers, or web-based file hosts such as RapidShare or HotFile.
"The numbers that the surveys have come up with underpin our constant refrain that the economic and social impact of online piracy is enormous and will have even greater long-term implications if not addressed," said Michael Ellis, president and managing director of Motion Pictures Association (Asia-Pacific), in a statement.
"We are aware that more needs to be done to help people understand that when they take unauthorised content off the Internet, or pay next to nothing from a pirate street vendor, they are indulging in online theft and therefore damage the very movie-making community that has been bringing them entertainment," he added.
The report by DtecNet that is based on tracking illegal downloading IP addresses on P2P (Peer to Peer) networks, showed that from April to September 2009, India was among the top 10 countries in the world with the largest number of illegal P2P activities.
The research also claimed that India had the highest level of film piracy in any English-speaking country in that period.
It also said Hindi films are the most widely available domestic Indian content with most downloaders in Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai.
Vishal Bhardwaj's "Kaminey" is estimated to have been downloaded over 350,000 times on BitTorrent with around two-third of downloaders located in India.
Tamil films are mostly downloaded in Chennai and Bangalore, while Telugu films are targeted in Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Rajiv Dalal, managing director, MPDA (India) said strict laws were needed to end unauthorised downloading.
"We need strong laws to support copyright, strong enforcement of those laws, stiff sentences for people who violate those laws, and most important, an understanding by ordinary citizen that buying pirated movies hurts the industry and makes it difficult for movie-makers to make new films," said Dalal.
According to an Ernst and Young 2008 report on "The Effects of Counterfeiting and Piracy on India's Entertainment Industry", the Indian film industry lost $959 million and 571,896 jobs due to piracy.
Source: IANS
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Shameful it is and we are shameless also. P2P is a network which I think can never be stopped. It is as simple as I buy a book(non-pirated ofcourse!) and pass it among my friends after I finish reading. Is it illegal? no it is not and so even P2P sharing can be justified by many. Though around the world the noose is tightening around the Torrent community for e.g. few weeks back the site Mininova was asked to upload only legal torrents by a court ruling. Prior to that Supernova met its end. But does that mean that other P2P sites have stopped functioning?....no. If one is stopped then it will again come back using some other name. It's like a Phoenix. So the bottom line is: P2P is there to stay!
Posted by:Espee
- 18 Dec, 2009
3:
Why didn't the movie Ghajni get downloaded?...Oh did I hear "It too got downloaded"? May be good movies should be made so that people watch it in the theater. Take this as a challenge MPDA. and please get this straight. You CANNOT stop piracy. Downloading will not stop if internet is there. If you want profits, make good movies then people will feel the worth of watching it in the theater. OR give an option cheaper than downloading so that the money does not go to the black marketeers. There are strong laws to punish ppl who commit murder. DID IT EVER STOP?
Posted by:Surya
- 16 Dec, 2009
4:
Fully agree with you. It is getting difficult to watch movies in theaters when tickets are getting costlier n costlier day by day and, approx 2-3 movies are hitting the screen every week.
Abhishek Agrawal Replied to: Surya
- 16 Dec, 2009
5:
It is a shameful act for India to gain fame in illegal downloading.
Posted by:Saket
- 15 Dec, 2009
6:
if u feel shame dont download ok !
first u improve ur resposibility criteria and then give this lesson kk
first u improve ur resposibility criteria and then give this lesson kk
devyanshu singh Replied to: Saket
- 16 Dec, 2009
7:
com'n...let us all join together and blame our politicians for this shame!
wills Replied to: Saket
- 15 Dec, 2009
8:
Hi,
Is there any pint in blaming the politicians,if we are downloading with out proper rights.
If they are increasing the movie ticket fare, stop watching movies till they reduce the price.
How many of us will do this?
Is there any pint in blaming the politicians,if we are downloading with out proper rights.
If they are increasing the movie ticket fare, stop watching movies till they reduce the price.
How many of us will do this?
Hunt Replied to: wills
- 16 Dec, 2009
9:
i agree with u sir.... first v have to take the responsibilities b4 blaming others.....
KING Replied to: Hunt
- 17 Dec, 2009
10:
Don't tell me that you don't DL. People these days watch around a 100 movies per month and listen to around 10-15 albums a month which if purchased will be damn expensive . So when God has provided us with DL option for free...why not utilise it and save our hard earned money.
Prashantha Replied to: Saket
- 15 Dec, 2009
11:
its gud and cheap for country like india . how many indian student uses credit card to use on net dr!
it must be shame ful for richer countries , whose economical development is 50 52 % not 6.9...
make ur views clr regarding it !
it must be shame ful for richer countries , whose economical development is 50 52 % not 6.9...
make ur views clr regarding it !
devyanshu singh Replied to: wills
- 16 Dec, 2009
12:
Agree with Prashantha...shameful act or not everyone does it and are amlost dependent on it.It is OK to say softwares should not be downloaded especially security programs but for the movies and music, people listen to songs on the internet before they actually want to buy it or not.
Sandeep Replied to: Prashantha
- 15 Dec, 2009
13:
I guess the author of this article must have done this at some point in his life :)
manoj Replied to: Sandeep
- 15 Dec, 2009
14:
"Mininova" a term synonymous to free download..has recently been curbed with a "Go Legit" tag..and now hosts free content only. This rule was given by the Dutch court.....
But to give it a thought, has it really stopped anythng at all? "WE" so called Illegal Dowloaders were a bit upset about the shutting down of the "Largest bittorrent Indexing site"..bt then few days later we all got back to other trillions of websites with similar content...
So, to stop piracy.. they (Govt, MPDA etc..) will have to cross over hundreds of levels..and foreseeing the current situation, this huge a step is simply impossible.
So, either ask Aamir to host his movies free over torrents...and earn royalty through traffic, or reduce the movie costs in theater...
But to give it a thought, has it really stopped anythng at all? "WE" so called Illegal Dowloaders were a bit upset about the shutting down of the "Largest bittorrent Indexing site"..bt then few days later we all got back to other trillions of websites with similar content...
So, to stop piracy.. they (Govt, MPDA etc..) will have to cross over hundreds of levels..and foreseeing the current situation, this huge a step is simply impossible.
So, either ask Aamir to host his movies free over torrents...and earn royalty through traffic, or reduce the movie costs in theater...
VeNoM Replied to: manoj
- 21 Dec, 2009
15:
can you suggest some good sites after mininova? :)
nithin Replied to: VeNoM
- 26 Dec, 2009
16:
try alivetorrents.com , kickasstorrents, piratesbay.org , torrentz.com
Mininova Rocked! nothng compared to it /m\
Mininova Rocked! nothng compared to it /m\
VeNoM Replied to: nithin
- 30 Dec, 2009
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