Piracy has become a menace in the film industry. Recently, it is seen that, the very next day of a movie release, the pirated CDs are made and released in to the market. Overseas prints is said to be one of the reasons for this. In a press meet held at FilmChamber office on 22nd, to discuss various issues on piracy, producer KS Ramarao urged the producers to inform the piracy cell when they are releasing a film.
Speaking to the press he said, 'Four years ago, in an all members meeting held by Film Chamber and Producers Council, we have decided to set about making a Piracy Cell to eradicate this illegal business. It was formed and Shyam Prasad Reddy was appointed as the chairman. Presently, retired police officer Kesav Reddy is the chairman.'
'Under this piracy cell, we have posted employees for various districts. To utilize the services of the cell, every producer has to inform the cell, before their film is released. Without fulfilling this requirement, they are commenting on the Piracy Cell. This is not correct; we have booked about 510 cases under piracy act since the inception of this piracy cell. To make this work properly we need the support of every producer.'
The Chairman of the Piracy Cell, Kesav Reddy said, 'Since May 2005 till today we have registered over 510 cases on this issue. Out of these, 29 have been punished and we are pursuing steps to issue verdicts on the rest.'