Playing pirated music on your mobile,beware

Police arrested 18 people in June itself,in a crack down on playing pirated music.

In a crackdown on those playing pirated music on their mobile phones,police have arrested 18 people in June itself on charges of copyright violations.

Punjab police conducted eighteen mobile chip anti-piracy raids after getting alerts from The Indian Music Industry (IMI).

A release,issued here today,said the raids were conducted at various locations including Mohali,Ludhiana,Faridkot and Gurdaspur.

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As many as 18 PCs,18 mobile chips,18 card readers,18 DVD writers and other materials used in piracy were seized during the raids.

According to IMI,mobile chip piracy results in a loss of roughly Rs 300 crore to the music industry.

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