AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP raised the issue of piracy in film industry. While calling piracy ‘a significant plague that is all pervasive in the film industry and now in OTT world as well’, the young MP said years and years of efforts and hard work by artists go down the drain.

Chadha said the film industry is facing a loss of Rs 20,000 crore annually because of piracy. “Online piracy saw a 62% surge during the pandemic,” he added.

“We passed the Cinematographic (Amendment) Bill, a year back but it lacks a concrete mechanism against online piracy and focuses largely on anti-cam recording in multiplexes,” he said.

“As we go digital with more movies being streamed on platforms, I ask the Government what is being done to curb the issue of digital piracy on OTT and whether the government has any plans to bring a dedicated legislation for the same?,” he asked.