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MUMBAI:
The Indian Music Industry (IMI) anti piracy wing organised
a training programme for police officers of Maharashtra to
raise awareness about Intellectual Property Rights and the
importance of its protection.
Raising
concerns over the protection of India’s intellectual
property, IMI discussed with police officials the importance
of creating awareness about copyright laws.
IMI
has been regularly conducting training programmes on IP enforcement
in India.
After
the training programme, IMI secretary general Savio D'Souza
said, “This is a good start towards sensitizing the police
officials and we are overwhelmed by the support of Maharashtra
Police. Piracy today is robbing our nation of this cultural
heritage by theft of the creative input. In the interest of
the music industry's survival, we are working closely with
the Indian Government and are trying to relieve the country
of this menace. Police plays a crucial role in our operations
and hence they become a very important part of our functionality.
We intend to spread more awareness on this critical issue
through such forums and we will conduct more such training
programmes across India with the support of the local state
police forces.”
Intellectual
Property (IP) is defined “as any original creative work
manifested in a tangible or intangible form that should be
legally protected”.
PPL
and IPRS, two important bodies related to licensing, were
also part of the training programme.
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