Torrent sharing in India could be Fined 3000$ or 3 years imprison
Indian declare war on piracy. The country even to set up new penalties for people who get caught violating the rules on piracy. Lately, the ISP in the country, including the largest, Gigatel, have already begun posting the new India regulations . Its purpose as the information that users not download from illegal file-sharing sites, such as the Torrent.According to government regulations that are displayed on the page of that ISP, if caught downloading pirated content, citizens could have been jailed for up to three years or a fine of 300,000 rupees.
This is not the first time for the Government of India take decisive steps against pirated and inappropriate content. Last year, India had already blocked the 800 porn site. Even so, some of the block finally revoked a week later as it gets protest
Anyone is happy about this news or not, I am extremely happy. Piracy should come to an end. The Content creators and copyrighted owners suffers loss because of people who are in to make some quick bucks. Most of my friends are from the Indian Television Industry and it is painful to see people watching Shows on sites that upload the videos immediately after telecast instead of watching on real time. This affects the TRP's of the Shows and results in a pre-mature wind-up taking away the livelihood of the Actors.
Leaked movies such as Udta Punjab suffered a lot of losses. I see that you are new on Steemit.
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Udta Punjab is an average grosser at the Box Office. It would have been a flop if there was no controversy ( First the Censor Board cuts and then the news of Censor Board copy being leaked). The Movie was not worth the time or money if you ask me.
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I'm glad you covered this. There has been a lot of rage in the pirate communities about this. It's good to see the government take harsh decisions its high time.