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With Sci-Hub and Libgen blocked, how can researchers like me continue our work?

August 29, 2025 11:54 am

The gatekeeping of intellectual property means we often expend extra resources and take roundabout approaches to access knowledge that should be a public good and a right for research scholars

Coolie full movie leaked online: Rajinikanth-starrer falls victim to piracy within hours of release

August 14, 2025 4:25 pm

Coolie Full Movie Leaked online: Rajinikanth-starrer Coolie's pirated copies are all over the internet within hours of release.

After low earnings from reels, Pune man uploads new movies online to make a quick buck, arrested

April 11, 2025 10:10 am

DCP Datta Nalawade said a team from south region cyber police nabbed Randhawan from Daund in Pune.

Parineeti Chopra calls Raghav Chadha a 'star' after he raises the issue of piracy in Parliament, gets a shoutout from Jaya Bachchan: 'He knows much about film industry'

August 02, 2024 7:54 pm

Parineeti Chopra's husband and member of the Aam Aadmi Party, Raghav Chadha, recently addressed the issue of film piracy in the Parliament.

Expert Explains: The crime of piracy, and how maritime forces respond to it

February 03, 2024 7:23 am

Recently, the Indian Navy thwarted two piracy attempts off the Somali coast within a span of 36 hours. A retired Vice Admiral in the Indian Navy writes about the crime of piracy, how pirates operate, and how navies respond to their threat.

Central nodal officers appointed to act against pirated content on digital platforms

November 03, 2023 9:29 pm

Presently, there is no institutional framework in place to directly take action on pirated film content other than legal action under the Copyright Act and the IPC.

Tamilrockerz trailer: Arun Vijay starrer web series dives into the dark world of digital piracy

July 17, 2022 8:26 am

The trailer for Arun Vijay's upcoming SonyLIV web series Tamilrockerz has been unveiled. Watch it here.

India ranks third globally for consuming pirated content in 2021: Akamai Report

February 02, 2022 5:08 pm

Atleast  132 billion visits to piracy websites were logged in 2021. The report notes that 61.5 per cent of consumers who visited piracy sites accessed them directly, while 28.6 per cent actively searched for them.

Somali govt tells court 120 of its nationals will plead guilty to piracy charges

November 06, 2015 1:26 am

Some 80 witnesses, including 18 foreign nationals, have been examined by the court and only 15 are yet to be produced

Three Censor Board employees arrested in 'Premam' piracy case

July 27, 2015 11:55 am

Earlier, the anti piracy cell of the state police had found that the pirated copy of the movie uploaded on the internet had carried the water mark censor copy.

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