Enact effective law to fight piracy: Film Chamber

Kochi, Dec 12 (UNI) The Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce today urged the State Government to enact an effective law to stop video piracy.

Talking to newspersons here, Chamber President Raju Mathew said either the piracy crime should be brought under the purview of the Goonda Act or an effective law should be enacted to stem the menace.

Lauding the Government's efforts to conduct anti-piracy raids, he said Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan took timely measures to undertake the raids at the Riyan Studio, an audio-video studio, owned by the wife of senior IPS officer Tomin J Thachankary.

Mr Mathew said against the backdrop of the raids in the studio, the Chamber had decided to boycott the studio in future.

''Instead of trying to find the source of the pirated CDs, it was better to take measures against marketing, distribution and viewing of these CDs,'' actor mammoty said.

Endorsing Mr Mathew's views, Mr Mamooty said, as the culprits in the piracy trade go scot-free through their political influence, it was better to enact a transparent law to tackle the precarious situation.

Cine Director Fazal said all CDs of movies marketed within an year of film releases were pirated ones, as the producers gave permission to release original CDs only after the said period.

Earlier, organisations like Kerala Fim Chamber, Artists' of Malayalam Movie Makers, Malayalam Cine Technicians Association, Kerala Film Producers Association, Kerala Film Distributors Association, Kerala Film Exhibitor's Federation and Kerala Cine Exhibitor's Association held a meeting to discuss the piracy issue.

Chamber General Secretary K Mohanan, AMMA President Innocent, AMMA Joint Scretary Babu and representatives of various organisations were present.

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