Ne007
August 30th, 2005, 03:04 AM
In the ongoing battle to see what is more insane (copyright laws versus
the enforcement of copyright laws) comes the following story from the July
29-31 issue of the Hollywood Reporter, page 15, written by Blake Murdoch:
MPA: New Delhi warrant adds tool to piracy battle
In an unprecedented move, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) on
Thursday (July 28th) announced that it has obtained a heneral
"search and seize warrant" to cover the entire city of New Delhi,
India. "The order permits police to search any premises suspected
of containing pirated products, and permits officers to open
locked premises without delay.", the MPA said in a statement.
"The order is expected to be especially useful in facilitating
raids on the (city's) notorious Palika Bazaar, where information
about imminent raids often leaks before police can effect arrests
and seizures."
......
Said Mike Ellis, the MPA's senio VP, Asia-Pacific, "The issuance
of general search and seizure warrants greatly empowers police
in the battle against illegal copyright theft and confirms the
commitment of the Indian government and judiciary to fighting a
crime that badly damages the country's film industry." The MPA
is working closely with law enforcement authorities throughout
India to curb the country's piracy rate, estimated in 2004 at
60%.
Wow - a city-wide search and seizure warrant. Unfortunately for the MPAA,
there is enough caselaw to choke a whale that would stop this from ever
happening in the United States. (Of course, the MPAA could ask lawyer
should-be-at-Hoover John Yoo to write a brief equating all forms of piracy
with all forms of terrorism, to justify city-wide search/seizure warrants
under the Patriot Act.)
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200508/msg00326.html
the enforcement of copyright laws) comes the following story from the July
29-31 issue of the Hollywood Reporter, page 15, written by Blake Murdoch:
MPA: New Delhi warrant adds tool to piracy battle
In an unprecedented move, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) on
Thursday (July 28th) announced that it has obtained a heneral
"search and seize warrant" to cover the entire city of New Delhi,
India. "The order permits police to search any premises suspected
of containing pirated products, and permits officers to open
locked premises without delay.", the MPA said in a statement.
"The order is expected to be especially useful in facilitating
raids on the (city's) notorious Palika Bazaar, where information
about imminent raids often leaks before police can effect arrests
and seizures."
......
Said Mike Ellis, the MPA's senio VP, Asia-Pacific, "The issuance
of general search and seizure warrants greatly empowers police
in the battle against illegal copyright theft and confirms the
commitment of the Indian government and judiciary to fighting a
crime that badly damages the country's film industry." The MPA
is working closely with law enforcement authorities throughout
India to curb the country's piracy rate, estimated in 2004 at
60%.
Wow - a city-wide search and seizure warrant. Unfortunately for the MPAA,
there is enough caselaw to choke a whale that would stop this from ever
happening in the United States. (Of course, the MPAA could ask lawyer
should-be-at-Hoover John Yoo to write a brief equating all forms of piracy
with all forms of terrorism, to justify city-wide search/seizure warrants
under the Patriot Act.)
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200508/msg00326.html