Business Standard reports this extremely startling and welcome assertion, by Asha Swarup, Secretary , Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has apparently rejected the recommendations of the “draft optical disk policy on grounds that it would lead to the creation of a regime of inspectors, and thus go against the grain of the liberalisation policy.”
Acknowledging that the menace of piracy in the entertainment and media industry was huge, she said the problem had to be tackled by closing the gaps in the supply. “A possible way,” she said, “is to release films in ‘C’ and ‘D’ class towns in digital formats.”
A Daniel come to judgment!
In its characteristic presumptuousness, the FICCI is apparently preparing a draft Optical Disc Bill (including a code of regulations for content) which, spares no efforts to curb piracy – if it happens to involve constables breaking down your door at will, to inspect whether you have any pirated cds lying around, then that’s a small price to pay.
I like this Asha.
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