this! i did not know. will b careful in future. thanks for the information.
On 4/3/13, Devdas Nayak <dena1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Downloading free? The cops are coming > Little Yadav / DNAApril 3, 9:06 ISTMumbai: The police recently warned and > let off an IT professional, attached with a company in Vikhroli, for what > thousands do surreptitiously every day. > > He was downloading movies from a torrent site on his office computer. Most > internet junkies would never anticipate that downloading songs and movies > from torrents can invite a policeman home. But that is beginning to happen. > Soon after the incident last week, the company emailed its employees asking > them to stay off torrent sites. > > With a rising number of complaints, mostly from owners of copyrighted songs > and movies, the cyber crime cell and the newly-formed social media > laboratory have been monitoring internet users with large data downloads. > > "There have been several such complaints recently... Only a person with a > copyright can be a complainant," Himanshu Roy, joint commissioner (crime), > said. "This is a cognisable offence under the Copyrights Act." In the > Vikhroli case, too, the complainant was the copyright holder. > > For those who do not know, downloading from a torrent site has always been > illegal. "It is akin to buying pirated DVDs from a CD seller; only this is > done within the safe confines of your house," Vijay Mukhi, cyber security > expert, > said. Not many people are aware of the fact that using a torrent site is > illegal, > he said. > > Mukhi said action can be taken against an accused under the Copyrights Act, > the IPC, or the IT Act. "Section 66 of the IT Act is very elaborate and > covers several offences of similar nature... It is not only your office > machine that is under the scanner, but also your personal computer." > > Asked how exactly the Mumbai police would keep track of who is downloading > what from the internet, Roy said: "We have a team of cyber experts and we > have started a social media lab. We track trends and with the help of the > internet service providers, we conduct random checks on the content that is > being downloaded from certain sites." > > Tell us what you think > Should people be penalised for downloading material from torrent sites? > Write to us at in...@dnaindia.net > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
