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MUMBAI:
Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) has engaged the services of
a security services firm to prevent film piracy during the 14th
Mumbai Film Festival.
The
securities services firm AA Khan and Associates, owned by former
Mumbai anti-terrorist squad chief A A Khan, will put in place tenable
contingency measure to protect the interests of film production
companies, independent producers, film distributors and cinema operators
participating in the film festival from the ever looming threat
of piracy.
Says
Khan, "Over the last decade piracy, in all forms, has become
quite rampant across the globe and it is important that people,
organisations, policy makers as well as keepers of the law work
together to eradicate this problem that affects the social and
economical ethos of our country and the world."
While
the Government and other concomitant agencies have made progress
in developing response procedures to copyright infringement, the
notoriety of film piracy in India still manages to discourage
filmmakers from submitting their films at film festivals.
The
hiring of the security services firm is aimed at combating piracy
at source.
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