The Indian film industry has been grappling with the piracy menace for nearly two decades. Years pass and governments change, but no force has succeeded in preventing the movies from being pirated and released online within a day or two from their release and sometimes within hours.
In a shocking development, a high-quality HD print of a soon-to-release big-budget entertainer has been leaked online hours before its theatrical release. This audacious act by the pirates has left the entire film industry and fans in a state of shock and helplessness. The links to the pirated copies are being shared on social media. Meanwhile, movie lovers are requested not to encourage piracy and to watch the movie only in cinemas.
Despite strict laws, competent authorities, and a robust mechanism in place to control the piracy nuisance, this shady business continues to thrive and rob the filmmakers of at least several hundred crores each year. Well, let’s wait and see if the government arrests the culprits at the earliest and drags them to courts.