Twitter went abuzz with reactions following the report by a major news website that simply visiting and viewing a torrent website or any other blocked URL in India may result in a 3-year jail sentence and a hefty Rs 3 lakh fine...
Twitter went abuzz with reactions following the report by a major news website that simply visiting and viewing a torrent website or any other blocked URL in India may result in a 3-year jail sentence and a hefty Rs 3 lakh fine...
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You may get 3 years in jail, fine of 3 lakhs for viewing a torrent site in India .... Wooow.... hope piracy gets curb to some extent now
— Girish Johar (@girishjohar) August 22, 2016
Imo the India today story got it wrong.Viewing a torrent file isn't illegal.Downloading copyrighted content may be. https://t.co/ot5Y4rPn9V
— Nikhil Pahwa (@nixxin) August 21, 2016
tell kid using torrent will get him 3 yrs in jail. "3 hrs?" he asks, mishearing, "will they allow us in with our phones?" #facepalm
— Gayatri Jayaraman (@Gayatri__J) August 21, 2016
downloading or visiting blocked torrent sites may get you 3yrs in jail or fine of 3 lakhs. Time to leave this planet https://t.co/6m7SD6e7cp
— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) August 21, 2016
So apparently if you access a torrent file you can get sent to jail? Hahaha.
— Sahil Shah (@SahilBulla) August 21, 2016
Good joke India. Mazaa aaya.
"Users may get 3-yr in jail for viewing torrent site in India"
— Arun Shourie (@MirrorShourie) August 21, 2016
Eh! No issues, when CBFC is there for piracy distribution, who needs torrent!
The irony of #democracy, when #Government can trace your #torrent activity, but not the #corruption u00e2u0080u00bcu00efu00b8u008fu00f0u009fu0098u00a1
— Ankith (@ankithboggaram) August 22, 2016
You can get away with a rape or murder in our country, but you go near a torrent site and you'l be in Jail.
— M (@bavlichhori) August 22, 2016
In a bid to curb online piracy, espcially illegal downloads of popular films, television shows and even pornographic content, the Indian government has cracked down heavily on several websites that supply the content in recent years. (Read more)
The dark web made news in recent months after copies of new Bollywood releases like 'Udta Punjab', 'Great Grand Masti' became available ahead of time before release. The makers of 'Great Grand Masti' had reported heavy losses following the leak of the film on the internet almost over a week before the release date.
India's film industry, said to be the largest globally with some 1,000 movies produced each year, earns around $2 billion from legitimate sources such as screening at theatres, home videos and TV rights. But with $2.7 billion, piracy earns 35 per cent more, and a way out has proved elusive. (Read more)
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