Movierulz is a public torrent website and has been giving users free access to download pirated versions of the latest movies in different languages. They attract people by giving them free access to HD Print pictures. TV shows, Web series are also found on this site. This particular website keeps on changing its Domain name and leak movies on the very first day of its release, this heavily affects the business in the Box Office. It has become difficult for the government to shut down these sites as well.
India is the second-largest internet market in the world and in this case, there has also been a rise in illegal acts happening online. On the other hand, Netizens also demand and sought for free content online and this is a leading cause of the growing number of pirated websites in the country. Many movies are leaked on the internet even before their official releases and this violates the rules in every manner.
Some fans can even go to extremes to sought content even before the official release of a movie. It is said that Movierulz is one of the favorite sites of the users. The number of people who use pirated websites is increasing every day in India and around the world. There has been a decrease in the number of people who go to theatres to watch the latest movies and this is a quite alarming change that has been observed over the past few years. Piracy of films has affected the due rights and profits of the copyright owners.
The easy availability of the latest movies on pirated sites has affected the movie business. Production houses and actors have requested the audience time and again to not encourage Piracy and have urged the audience to go to theatres to watch movies.
Sites like 'Movierulz', 9xmovies, filmzilla are popular pirated sites and have been streaming free content online for a long time now. According to the Indian laws, piracy is Illegal but that has not affected the rise in numbers of these sites. Therefore, these websites have many active users. People tend to support these unlawful acts solely for entertainment.
As per the Cinematograph Act of 2019, if any individual is found recording a film without any written consent from the producers, he or she will face a jail term of 3 years with a fine of 10 lakh rupees. The Indian Government has taken strict measures to eradicate these problems from the Indian market.
The one accessing such content can also fall in trouble as the Indian government lays laws for the proven guilty as well. According to Indian law, if a person is proven guilty of knowingly helped anyone infringe and download copyrighted content it would be considered a criminal act. And under Indian law, the punishment for the convicted person would be a jail term of 6 months with a fine of Rs 50 thousand to 2 lakhs depending on the seriousness of the act. However, film lovers need to stop encouraging such unlawful acts. Websites like these may be a boon for the movie lovers but it violates the right of the owners. And acts like these should be discouraged in any way.
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