Movie Producers Get Open Search Warrant For All Of New Delhi?

This is so outrageous that I just had to put this up. This is what TechDirt has to say:

This story is bizarre, if true, but apparently the MPA in India (the equivalent to the MPAA in the US) has been granted an open search warrant for the entire city of New Delhi to look for unauthorized copies of movies. The police are needed to execute the search and seizure warrant, but it was given to the MPA, who can now make use of the police force as if it were their own, by pointing them to suspected counterfeiters. No matter how you look at it, this move seems a bit extreme -- though perfectly in line with how the entertainment industry seems to view things.

From Blake Murdoch's article,

"The order is expected to be especially useful in facilitating raids on the (city's) notorious Palika Bazaar, where information about imminent raids often leaks before police can effect arrests and seizures."

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