(a) whether the Economic Offence Wing of Delhi Police (IPR) have recently seized huge quantity of fake CDs/VCDs worth crores of rupees in the capital;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether this industry involved in manufacturing of fake CDs/VCDs is spreading like cottage industry in the country;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) the effective steps taken by the Government on national level to curb such industries?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI S. REGUPATHY)
(a)to(d): The Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police has unearthed 11 units engaged in manufacture of fake compact disks and seized pirated/fake compact disks, video compact disks, digital compact disks and MP3 worth Rs.45 crore approximately; and registered 74 cases in this connection during the current year up to 15th December in Delhi.
(e): Action against manufacture and sale of fake/pirated CDs, VCDs etc. is taken by the concerned State Governments under the relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the Copy Rights Act, 1957 and other local laws.