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Strong
measures needed to curb video piracy: LS members
Lok
Sabha members welcomed the amendments to the Cable Networks
Regulation Act, 1995, but said there was need to take strong
measures to curb video piracy and check the proliferation
of sex and violence on television.
Participating in the discussion on the Amendment Bill moved
by Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley, the
members said enforcement of Indian broadcasting codes over
foreign networks may be difficult.
Earlier,
Jaitley said the Cable Networks Regulation (Amend-ment) Bill
had four main aims. One was to ensure that cable networks
telecast the two terrestrial channels (DD1 and DD2) and one
language channel of Doordarshan compulsorily. Another was
to bring all channels beaming into India within the ambit
of the country’s broadcasting and advertising codes.
The bill
had also defined the ‘authorised officers’ who would
enforce its provisions. At the same time, the restrictions
on broadcast listed in the bill will be the same as those
listed in the reasonable restrictions article in the Constitution
- Article 19 (2).
Sudarsana
Natchiappan (Con-gress) said the powers of the authorised
officers should be curtailed as these could be misused, the
cable operators were becoming monopolistic, that and no provisions
had been provided for checking piracy.
Rup Chand
Pal (CPI-M) said even DD was violating the programme and advertising
code. Meanwhile, the government has proposed to make new rules
for checking video piracy through the cable television network,
Jaitely informed the Lok Sabha. He said a group, headed by
Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, had been appointed to look
into the piracy problems.
The minister
said the proposed Cable Television Network (Regula-tion) Amendment
Bill, 2000, will bring all channels under the advertisement
and programme code. The government was also considering the
objections raised by various sections of society on the adult
programmes exhibited by some channels during midnight.
He said
the government was also considering banning ads of liquor
and tobacco on cable networks. Jaitely said amendments in
the Cable Television Network Act, 1995, seek to set up a mechanism
to monitor the programmes telecast by cable operators and
private channels.
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