India: Downloading ringtones, playing music in public might be illegal

According to The Economic Times, if you are downloading a Bollywood ring tone on your mobile phone, you might be violating the copyright act; and the Indian Music Industry plans to take action on it.

"Over 13,000 cases of intellectual property right violation, mostly physical music piracy, were registered in the country in the past seven years and more than 200 cases of mobile chip piracy detected in the last two years, says IMI President V J Lazarus.

While mobile phone chips have joined the ranks as an instrument for physical form of piracy, public performance of the music and songs, which generally go unnoticed, also comes under the ambit of the law."

emily | 9:25 PM | Copyright Protection |
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