Company charged for Piracy

Bandula Saman Kumara, owner of Tec Touch International, situated in Yogiyana, Dankotuwa, and his associates, Shantha Senarath and Gamini Padmasiri were charged in court today under the Intellectual Property Act No. 36 of 2003 for music and software copyright infringement. Pursuant to a complaint filed by local music producers, search warrants were issued by the Magistrate of Marawila Ms. Nirosha Fernando, resulting in raids.

During the raid, thousands of counterfeit copies of local music, movies, teledramas and business software belonging to members of the Business Software Alliance were seized by the Police.

On July 8th, following an extended investigation and prosecution by the Police authorities, assisted by music producers M-Entertainment and the Business Software Alliance (BSA) through their lawyers Sudath Perera Associates, the Court granted the accused bail of Rs.25, 000 for each case filed against them by different copyright owners, a total of nine cases against the owner of Tec Touch himself, whilst four different cases were filed against those transporting the goods.