July 23, 2005
MMS mischief-makers snapped up
In Mumbai, city police have arrested members of a gang which allegedly morphed porn films and converted them into video clips for circulation as MMS on mobile phones, according to The Calcutta Telegraph.
"The arrests come days after actor Mallika Sherawat had complained to the police about an MMS showing a look-alike in a sexual act with a white man. The clip was widely circulated on MMS-enabled mobile phones across the country. It later turned out that it featured a Spanish porn actor, Lolly, who bears a striking resemblance to Sherawat.
Another smut clip, purportedly showing Moon Moon Sen's model daughter Riya Sen and former boyfriend Ashmit Patel, has been in circulation among mobile users for the last few months. Mumbai film and modelling circles have expressed outrage at this latest tech rage.
... The gang acquired original pornographic films and morphed the faces of actors in the films with well-known Indian and foreign personalities,” deputy commissioner Dighavkar said.
“These morphed clips were converted into an MMS using Bluetooth or infrared. They also transferred the clips to memory sticks in their customers' phones using a recorder via USB port (a data transfer facility).”
Memory sticks are inch-long chips that can store data and enhance the memory of a mobile phone."
Related:
-- Mobile sex shots make Bollywood camera shy
-- 'MMS episode harmed my dignity'
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