Lok Sabha Question No. 4115 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: Losses to Media and Entertainment Industry due to Piracy
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar, Nisith Pramanik, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Bhola Singh, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Vinod Kumar Sonkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4115 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2021

## LOSSES TO MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY DUE TO PIRACY

4115:  DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

SHRI NISITH PRAMANIK:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BAAIYA):

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Media and Entertainment Industry looses crores of rupees due to film, video, music and online piracy;
- (b) if so, the details of the quantum of such losses during the last three years;
- (c) whether government is planning to bring the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021;
- (d) if so, the details and the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  accepted  the  recommendations  of  Standing Committee Report on the above mentioned Bill and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)  the steps taken by the Government to tackle the menace of piracy in Media and Entertainment Industry in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE; MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR):

(a)  &  (b):  The  Media  and  Entertainment  Industry  loses  substantial revenue due to film, video, music and online piracy. According to a report by Irdeto, which is a global solutions provider in digital platform security and  media  and  entertainment,  the  Indian  Media  and  Entertainment Industry loses around Rs.2,100 crore of its annual revenue due to piracy. However, no definite data is available in this regard year-wise.

(c) to (e): In order to curb piracy of films, the Government introduced the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in the Rajya Sabha on 12.02.2019 to  impose  strict  penalties  against  unauthorized  duplication  of  films  in cinema halls.

The Standing Committee on Information Technology (2019-20) presented its  Report  on  the  Cinematograph  (Amendment)  Bill,  2019  in  the  Rajya Sabha  and  Lok  Sabha  on  16th  March,  2020.  The  recommendations/ observations  contained  in  the  Report  of  the  Standing  Committee  on Information  Technology  have  been  examined  for  making  necessary amendment to clauses in the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and for the subsequent introduction of the Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021.

(f): The Copyright Act, 1957 as amended in 2012, provides civil remedies as well as criminal remedies to the copyright holder. The Copyright Act, 1957  read  with  the  Copyright  Rules,  2013,  deals  with  the  menace  of piracy  in  Media  and  Entertainment  Industry.  Further,  the  Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011 notified under section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, inter alia , specifies that the intermediaries shall inform the users of their computer resource not to host,  display,  upload,  modify,  publish,  transmit,  update  or  share  any information  that  infringes  any  patent,  trademark,  copyright  or  other proprietary rights.

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