I&B has appointed nodal officers empowered to block any app or site for piracy

[Navjot Singh]

New nodal officers can block any site, app hosting pirated film content

The Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry on November 3 authorised its officials and those of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to direct blocking or taking down of websites, apps or weblinks carrying pirated filmic content.

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In a bid to curb film piracy, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has appointed nodal officers authorised to direct the blocking or taking down of any website, app or weblink carrying pirated film content.

The nodal officers are from the Ministry and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The action has been taken under the recently amended Cinematograph Act.

“Today, we have appointed nodal officers in the Ministry and in the CBFC Mumbai office and regional offices... The government has done away with the need to renew film licences every 10 years and made them last a lifetime. If we look at the piracy issue, now they could be fined from ₹3 lakh to 5% of the gross audited value of production,” he said.

And you don't even need to from the film company to report piracy. Anyone can report. They will take it case by case and the online platform has to take down the content within 48 hours.

 

[JB701]

Not very enforceable, most of these pirate sites use multiple layers of reverse proxies to serve content.

After receiving directions from the nodal officer under the law, a digital platform must remove such internet links hosting pirated content within 48 hours.

They may be able to get Google to take down some of the links or ISPs to block it but thats about it.