India seeks film piracy action

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India is urging Malaysia to stamp out the pirating of films and music - an
illegal business that hits the profits of the Bollywood film industry.
Malaysia is one of many Asian countries where CD and DVD pirating is
widescale. Pirate versions of Microsoft's next computer operating system are
already on sale in Malaysia. Correspondents in Malaysia say that Bollywood
films and Indian music are highly popular there and that their appeal goes
well beyond the minority of Malaysians who are of ethnic Indian origin. In
September the Malaysian authorities announced plans to impose price ceilings
on locally produced film and music CDs and DVDs to try to reduce the
incentive for illegal selling. But the regulations do not apply to foreign
films and music. A senior Hollywood executive says the film industry lost
some $600m last year from the pirating of DVDs in Asia.
Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3255726.stm