Piracy (Video):- India being a very large country in geographical
terms and densely populated country, it is practically very difficult to
completely prevent piracy / infringement / violation of intellectual property
rights.
A copyright violation under Section 63 B of the Copyright
Act, 1957 (the Act), is a cognizable criminal offence where, upon complaint,
police can raid and arrest officials of an infringing company and seize all
evidence. Under section 64 of the Copyright Act, 1957, police has power size
infringing copies.
In view of the unequivocal provisions contained under
Section 69 of the Act, all persons responsible for the conduct of affairs of
the company concerned, are liable for imprisonment and fine. While this strong
legal remedy is available in India, as is in most other countries, in India,
software companies more typically to select action against end-user piracy
through milder civil actions.
The choice of civil or criminal remedies will depend upon
the facts and circumstances pertaining to every case, and the same cannot be
universalized.
Piracy is not only
in India. Its happening in other parts of the world too. Its happening in India
due to a simple reason. Its due to ignorance and lack of good legal systems to
track and kill Piracy.
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