Peepli Live's DVD inlay cards seized before release
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oi-Kalyani Prasad Keshri
By Kalyani Prasad Keshri
Alliance
Against
Copyright
Theft
(AACT)
continues
its
efforts
to
curb
and
eradicate
piracy.
Over
the
last
five
days,
AACT
along
with
various
enforcement
agencies
and
local
police
has
conducted
raids
across
Mumbai
and
Jalgaon
seizing
close
to
35000
pirated
discs
estimated
to
be
worth
more
than
Rs.
35
lakhs.
In
one
of
the
biggest
raids
conducted
by
a
joint
team
from
AA
Khan
and
Associates
along
with
the
team
led
by
Dy
SP
Tirupati
Kakade
in
Chalisgaon,
Jalgaon
district,
they
have
seized
14,650
pirated
discs
in
a
music
and
mobile
accessories
shop.
During
the
operation,
the
team
got
DVDs
of
Aisha,
Once
Upon
a
Time
in
Mumbaai,
Khatta
Meetha,
Inception,
Salt
etc.
along
with
the
inlay
cards
of
the
yet-to-be-released
films
Peepli
Live
and
We
Are
Family.
One
accused,
Hemant
Vijay
Patil
was
arrested.
In
other
joint
raids
conducted
by
enforcement
agencies
across
Mumbai
and
local
Police,
8560
pirated
discs
were
seized
at
Kalva.
The
team
had
conducted
this
raid
on
a
warehouse
and
few
stalls
in
the
nearby
area
and
also
made
two
arrests
during
the
raid.
Another
raid
was
conducted
at
Mulund
Check
Naka
with
Sree
Nagar
police
station
under
a
DCP
zone
–
5
on
a
parcel
of
3000
DVDs.
The
parcel
came
from
Dhule,
Malegaon.
On
the
same
day,
the
team
had
also
seized
1105
pirated
discs
in
the
same
location
from
a
stall.
A
raid
was
conducted
outside
Thane
(W)
railway
station
with
PI
Sunil
More
from
Thane
Nagar
Police
station.
The
raid
was
conducted
with
the
help
of
DCP
Mandlik
Zone
–
1
in
Thane
Dist.
The
team
has
arrested
one
accused,
Vijay
Sree
Krishna
(Age
20
yrs).
The
Team
has
conducted
raid
in
Vile
Parle
(E)
and
seized
1500
DVDs
outside
the
railway
station
and
seized
580
DVDs
near
Movie
Time
Theater
in
Malad,
Evershine
Nagar.
Prakash
Nathan,
Vice
President-Operations,
UTV
Motion
Pictures
and
member
of
AACT
said,
“In
last
couple
of
days,
we
have
taken
very
stern
steps
to
fight
piracy.
It"s
no
more
about
an
individual
film
or
the
production
house;
it"s
more
to
do
with
the
film
industry
as
a
whole.
We
have
received
an
incredible
response
from
the
common
man
after
the
launch
of
the
toll
free
number
and
registered
approximately
600
complaints
in
just
one
month
of
its
launch.
Through
these
constant
raids,
we
have
been
able
to
shut
pirated
DVDs
stalls
in
many
major
areas
in
Mumbai."
AACT
has
been
ensuring
that
effective
action
is
being
taken
across
the
country
to
generate
mass
awareness
on
DVD
piracy
and
also
curb
it
at
the
grass
root
level.
Recently,
AACT
has
also
launched
a
toll
free
number
1800-103-1919
for
the
common
man.
Now
people
can
call
on
this
number
and
register
their
complaints
about
pirated
DVDs
stalls.