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by Mike Masnick




Movie Producers Get Open Search Warrant For All Of New Delhi?

from the individual-rights? dept

This story is bizarre, if true, but apparently the MPA in India (the equivalent to the MPAA in the US) has been granted an open search warrant for the entire city of New Delhi to look for unauthorized copies of movies. The police are needed to execute the search and seizure warrant, but it was given to the MPA, who can now make use of the police force as if it were their own, by pointing them to suspected counterfeiters. No matter how you look at it, this move seems a bit extreme -- though perfectly in line with how the entertainment industry seems to view things.

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  • Aug 29th, 2005 @ 3:03am

    Fake news???

    by The Abattoir

    None of the local media(TV, newspaper, internet) have reported this, even a search on news.google.co.in does not yield related results.

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  • Aug 29th, 2005 @ 8:58am

    No Subject Given

    by Anonymous Coward

    I should hope this is just a misinterpretation of the story.

    However, if true, it suggests that the entertainment industry has the potential to become more than just a minor annoyance in our lives.

    Oh well, fascism is on its way, by one avenue or another.

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  • Aug 29th, 2005 @ 9:29am

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    by Jeff Maddocks

    They should make this into a movie.

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