Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar has highlighted that the accused involved in movie piracy were diverting lakhs of users from the piracy websites to illegal betting platforms for affiliate commissions. This discovery alone is enough for us to understand why film piracy has been a safe business in India.
The Indian law enforcement system is not only inept but also highly corrupt. Had iBomma's Immadhi Ravi been just into film piracy, he would have been nabbed years ago. Really, it's not that hard. However, as it emerged, piracy was just a trap for gullible users.
The hidden business plan of pirates was stealing the personal data of millions of users and selling them off to cybercriminals. Now, the cybercriminal network is into money laundering, hawala and all. It's possible that this network partly funds political candidates during elections.
Recently, the police arrested some individuals involved in film piracy. As per the cops, one of them didn't even attend a college. It would be naive to think that such persons have no political backing. They are just frontmen. Think of benamis.
The ongoing crackdown on piracy sites is good news and the police have to be appreciated for it. But then, it is pertinent to ask, why did it take so long to nab someone (Immadhi Ravi of iBomma) whose net worth is just Rs 20 Cr? Was the cost of investigation too high? If the police needed an investment of, say, Rs 2 Cr in technology, Dil Raju and other producers would have happily made a contribution overnight. Things are never what they seem in dysfunctional systems. There is always more to it than what meets the eye!
