The men in khakhi were this time around accompanied by 20 film producers, the newest entrant in the anti-piracy movement.Film producers,whose revenues have already been hit by recession and poor showing at the box-office, are now feeling the pinch of piracy.Pirates gobble up 60 per cent or Rs 800 crore of the industry’s revenue every year.The producers’ initiative follows several tried-butfailed formulas —from court injunctions against illegal screening of new films on cable networks to appointing private security agencies to track down pirates to signing pacts with operators not to show films until a year after their release.“Every method has failed so far. ![]() KAAJAL WALLIA & MALATHY IYERMUMBAI: When the police raided the control rooms of two well-known cable operators in the western suburbs around midnight a month ago, it was a sting operation with a difference.
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