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Film chambers demand action against video piracy
Staff Reporter
KOCHI: A joint meeting of the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce and Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce has urged the State Government to take stringent measures to curb the menace of video piracy.
Addressing a press conference here on Monday, South Indian Film Chamber president K.C.N. Chandrasekhar, Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce president M. Nandakumar and general secretary Siyad Kokker demanded the State Government to set up special courts for the video piracy cases modelling on the special courts set up by the Andhra Pradesh Government.
The chambers held a joint meeting of their executive councils in Kochi on Monday to discuss issues relating to the general well-being of the film industry.
The South Indian Film Chamber will request Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi that Goa should not be made permanent venue of the International Film Festival of India. The IFFI should have venues in other South Indian cities also, as hardly any film industry existed in Goa. The South Indian Film Chamber would boycott the IFFI in case the Ministry did not accept their demands.
Mr. Chandrasekhar said the construction of a new office complex for the South Indian Film Chamber would begin on July 30. The complex is being built to mark the 75th year of Indian talkie, he said. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi will lay the foundation. He will also unveil a statue of A.V. Meyyappa Chettiar, founder of the AVM Studios, on the occasion. Underlining that video piracy was the biggest threat faced by the film industry in Kerala, Mr. Kokker said that though more raids were being conducted since the new Government came to power, mere raids alone were not enough to check the menace. The roots of the trade should be exposed and special laws should be enacted to deal with the crime, he said. The meeting also requested the State Government to declare tax holidays for the film industry.
(The Hindu, Wednesday, July 26, 2006)
Film chambers demand action against video piracy
Staff Reporter
KOCHI: A joint meeting of the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce and Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce has urged the State Government to take stringent measures to curb the menace of video piracy.
Addressing a press conference here on Monday, South Indian Film Chamber president K.C.N. Chandrasekhar, Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce president M. Nandakumar and general secretary Siyad Kokker demanded the State Government to set up special courts for the video piracy cases modelling on the special courts set up by the Andhra Pradesh Government.
The chambers held a joint meeting of their executive councils in Kochi on Monday to discuss issues relating to the general well-being of the film industry.
The South Indian Film Chamber will request Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi that Goa should not be made permanent venue of the International Film Festival of India. The IFFI should have venues in other South Indian cities also, as hardly any film industry existed in Goa. The South Indian Film Chamber would boycott the IFFI in case the Ministry did not accept their demands.
Mr. Chandrasekhar said the construction of a new office complex for the South Indian Film Chamber would begin on July 30. The complex is being built to mark the 75th year of Indian talkie, he said. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi will lay the foundation. He will also unveil a statue of A.V. Meyyappa Chettiar, founder of the AVM Studios, on the occasion. Underlining that video piracy was the biggest threat faced by the film industry in Kerala, Mr. Kokker said that though more raids were being conducted since the new Government came to power, mere raids alone were not enough to check the menace. The roots of the trade should be exposed and special laws should be enacted to deal with the crime, he said. The meeting also requested the State Government to declare tax holidays for the film industry.
(The Hindu, Wednesday, July 26, 2006)
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