Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd has partnered with Maharashtra Cyber Crime Cell, Mumbai to struggle in opposition to digital piracy and infringing utilization of content material. It is to be famous that the Cyber Crime Cell arrested Subhanjan Kayet for his involvement within the pirated web sites/platform named Thop TV. He was accused for the event of software program, technical manipulation, unlawful streaming and telecasting the contents from Viacom18’s channels and its OTT platform – Voot.
“Special anti-piracy unit MIPCU (Maharashtra Intellectual property Crime Unit) arrested accused Subhanjan Samiran Kayet from Gobardanaga Harbra, 24 Paragana, West Bengal on May 22, 2022 as he appears to be the lead developer of the THOP TV app. We have sufficient evidence regarding this,” Sanjay Shintre, superintendent of police, Maharashtra Cyber, Mumbai, mentioned.
He was produced earlier than Esplanade Court on May 23, 2022 whereby the Court despatched him to 5 days police custody contemplating the severity of the offence and upon request of the counsel showing for the state. The Maharashtra Cyber Crime Cell has additionally frozen his checking account during which he has purportedly acquired the unlawful proceeds of illegal actions.
“It is important to make the message clear that operating or abetting a business of infringement is a serious offence which affects the creative community at large. The perpetrators will be found and brought before law,” Viacom18’s spokesperson said.
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