More from the world of piracy, and a major distributor of pirated
Bollywood DVDs has been jailed for three years. **Jayanti Amarishi
Buhecha, from Cambridge, was found guilty of two trade mark offences at Harrow Crown Court back on 25 Jan after the BPI and Brent & Harrow Trading Standard people showed he had been selling counterfeit Bollywood movies throughout 2002, making an estimated £26,000 a month profit. Buhecha got into the Bollywood business legitimately screening films for the Indian community over here. From there he became an authorised agent for Asian movie company Yash Raj Films**, but then started trading in counterfeit films.
The prosecution was welcomed by independent players in the Bollywood sector, who are particularly hard hit by competitors selling counterfeits. Avtar Panesar, from the UK independent label Yash
Raj Films, told CMU: "The BPI and Trading Standards have worked tirelessly for two years on this case and this judgement has come as a great boost to all of us in the independent sector.
It's a remarkable result - we need more such results."
BPI
Anti-Piracy Director David Martin added: "Jayanti Buhecha was a major player in the counterfeit Bollywood music and film business, so we're pleased to report to our members that he's been put away. But the problem simply will not disappear with him. Others and more will take his place, so it's vital that keep up our efforts in this field."