With the amended Copyright Act coming into effect today, a major crackdown is expected to commence to see that shopkeepers do abide by the Act.
The Director of Damodar Brothers, Div Damodar said that he is happy that the Law is coming into effect as many young artists’ futures will be protected under the law.
Fijivillage had been told that there are about 1 million pirated DVD's and music CD's in the Fiji market as yesterday afternoon.
It is not known whether these items will still be in the market today or will be destroyed and everyone will either turn to dealing with original DVD's and CD's, or close their shops.
We took to the streets yesterday and spoke to a number of people buying the DVD's at various pirate outlets, taking advantage of the deals which were as cheap as 50 DVD movies for $10.
While some told us that the Copyright Act should be fully enforced with the pirates taken to task, others want the illegal practice to continue for their benefit.
Most of these comments you are about to hear were made by people who were carefully clutching their stock of pirated DVD's which they had just bought.
Damodar Brothers happy with law
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