Cinematograph Bill would not cost Consolidated Fund, adds ₹10 lakh penalty for piracy

This Bill amends the Cinematograph Act, 1952, to prohibit the unauthorized recording or transmission of films in public places without the author's written permission. It aims to address losses in the film industry caused by piracy and copyright violations.

Any person who uses audiovisual recording devices to make or transmit copies of films, as well as those who abet such actions.

• Inserts a new section 6AA prohibiting the use of audiovisual recording devices to knowingly make, transmit, or abet the making/transmission of a film or part thereof without the author's written authorization.
• Amends section 7 to prescribe penalties for contravening section 6AA: imprisonment up to three years, a fine up to ten lakh rupees, or both.

Written from the document by AI, and checked against it. The original below is authoritative.

The original document