Six software pirates nabbed

The action was taken by the crime branch sleuths as well as officials from Deccan Gymkhana and Bhosari police stations after officials from the anti-piracy cell of Modular Systems, the company which has developed the Shri-Lipi software, approached the police complaining that the DTP centres were using pirated versions of the programme. The owners of these DTP centres have been charged under section 63 B of the Copyright Act of 1957, according to the police.

Col B F Chaudhari, chief executive, anti-piracy operations of the Modular Systems said the company8217;s anti-piracy cell has carried out raids on more than 150 DTP outlets in four states using pirated versions of Shri-Lipi software ever since it was established in May 1998. He said Modular Systems was the only Indian company to set up its own anti-piracy cell to combat software piracy. The company was planning to organise a seminar for police officials in Pune in February to increase their ability to deal with software piracy, he added.