As Kerala cops curb piracy, perpetrators 'stream' ahead

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India - That's the major reason why online piracy is kept in check. While internet service providers have managed to block the lion's share of torrent websites, users now scavenge for certain sites that provide them torrent links. We track the pirated content and remove it as soon as it surfaces online. College student Harikrishnan (name changed) says multiple online sites exist which provide free streaming, which is a more hassle-free and less time-consuming option than torrents because of the high-speed internet available these days. The past one year has been rather fruitful for the Kerala Police in their pursuit to curb film piracy They have managed to remove illegal torrent downloads, shutting down torrent sites and clearing pirated content seconds after they are uploaded.

The past one year has been rather fruitful for the Kerala Police in their pursuit to curb film piracy They have managed to remove illegal torrent downloads, shutting down torrent sites and clearing pirated content seconds after they are uploaded. In fact, they have been so successful that IG Manoj Abraham, nodal officer of Kerala Police Cyberdome, says that the number of piracy cases dropped from around 40 in January 2017 to just five by the end of the year.He attributes this to Piracy Tracker, an anti-piracy software developed by Kerala Police, last year. "The software has succeeded in drastically reducing torrent downloads , As Reported By TOI.

According to the Newspaper,We track the pirated content and remove it as soon as it surfaces online. This has dissuaded perpetrators from illegally uploading a movie soon after its release," says Manoj.Aiding the efforts of the police are the internet service providers (ISPs) that have also started blocking torrent sites. "Each of these sites has thousands of users and by taking them down, the number of torrent downloads has plummeted," says Manoj.It's not just the efforts of cops that have clamped down on the illicit cyber acts.