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MUMBAI: The Indian Music Industry (IMI) is getting its act together to curb privacy. Acting on a tip-off from the IMI, the Jaipur police carried out a raid resulting in the seizure of about 2,800 MP3 CDs, 32 CD writers, 33,000 inlay cards, 2,800 blank CDs, 31,800 cellophane paper, 1 DVD player, 2 UPS, 1 scanner, 200 wastage CDs and 4,300 DVDs.
The raid took place on 27 July and the the owners and employees of the establishment have been arrested.
The seized titles include movies like Coolie No.1, Mohra, Sarfarosh, China Gate, Saajan, Aashiqui, Phool Aur Kaante, Deewana and Dilwale amongst others.
The raid falls in line with a series of other raids IMI has initiated over the past few weeks to counter piracy syndicates operating in the states of Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh.
IMI president Vijay Lazarus said, “IMI through its anti-piracy operations has always promoted and encouraged the development of musical culture and has facilitated the evolution of fair trade and business practices in the industry. These integrated surprise raids by IMI and the police have controlled the booming counterfeit trade market to a large extent, however, enhanced public awareness regarding piracy and its menace will certainly help in eradicating the problem and the media will undoubtedly play a major role in it.”
The IMI is a consortium of over 90 music companies including labels such as Saregama, Universal Music, Tips, Venus, BMG Crescendo, Sangeetha, Sony Music, Virgin and Aditya Music.
