After complaints by copyright holders Google is removing from its search results the links to torrents that allow illegal download of Kannada films. Copyright owners can complain about such links. In the case of Kannada films the Sun TV Network Limited had filed complaints with Google about several films in multiple links including Kotigobba, Kotigobba 2, Krishna Leela, Lucia, Manasaare and Mr & Mrs Ramachari. Apart from this they had also complained about several Tamil films for which they have purchased rights. The torrent download links to the above Kannada films were removed on September 4. A month earlier several other links to Kotigobba 2 were removed after similar complaints. 

In earlier months download links to several other Kannada films have been removed after complaints. Individual producers and production houses have also complained to Google about the torrent links. The links removed include those of Ondu Motteya Kathe in August, Durgi and Dyavre in July and Hebbuli in June. Before that links to Thithi and several links to Rangitaranga were removed by Google in their search results. The fight against piracy is still not over says Kannada film industry people. Torrents have become the biggest source of piracy of movies after the curb on physical sales of CD and DVDs in public places.  

With just three days to go for the release of one of the most anticipated Kannada movie, KGF which is set to hit at least 2000 screens across the nation, is facing a tougher scene at present! While anti-social elements are allegedly making efforts to leak the movie, the entire KGF film team including the producer and the huge army of rocking star fans are on high alert to avoid any kind of piracy of the movie.

While they were reports that the censor copy of the movie has been leaked online by certain unknown miscreants, the producer Vijay Kiragandur has requested the movie lovers especially the fans of Kannada movies and Yash, to immediately act against any such efforts of miscreants by informing the concerned.

“My Dear Yash fans. It’s a four years effort and KGF team needs your full support. Please report any act of piracy to Whatsapp 8978650014 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,” Vijaya, the producer pleads along with requests to tag him and the film team on Twitter reporting any such incidents.

Meanwhile, ab unknown on line group which has been accused of leaking the censor copy of the movie has clarified that they have not leaked the movies and in fact they are the fans of Yash and Prashanth Neel. “We didn't do any piracy and we urge everyone to watch KGF in theatre,” they stated. However, a thorough probe into the allegation could unearth the persons, if any involved in such act. 

The film team has also said that the movie is not leaked and it is just false news which are making rounds. It is the duty and responsibility of every Kannada movie lover to report piracy, at a time when a Kannada movie releasing in five languages is set to shine bright, taking sandalwood to the next level.

Movie producers invest crores of Rupees to make a movie and release it in theatres. It is a fact that 90% of the movies in all languages do no do well in the box office. Only a few will become super hit and a few more become box office hits.

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But why don't people come to theatres to watch Kannada films even if they are good and win appreciation from the audience and not just from critics? That is the big question. One of the reasons is the rate of admission in the multiplexes. But there is a lurking danger in the from of another reason. Why would you pay for a film in the multiplex or theatre if you can watch it free online? 

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Yes. Online piracy is becoming a big menace day by day. But nobody seems to realize the seriousness of the situation. Many Kannada movies which has been released in theatres is available online and these are not official. Pirated versions of the film are released online. Even though most of them are camera prints they are good enough to watch on computers.

Jessie movie was released in theatres on March 25th. It was available on the net from June 19th. SV Babu produced Ricky movie starring Rakshith Shetty, Haripriya was released on January 22 and it was there to watch online from 7th June 2016. Like these many Kannada movies are available online. And none of them have been uploaded officially by the film makers. They do not get a single paisa from it. But the biggest horror is that some of the movies that are online have not even been sold to TV channels for satellite telecast rights. With pirated versions available online, TV channels do not want to pay for purchasing TV telecast rights!

This is not the first time it is happening. Aatagara movie was uploaded online.

Through Chitraloka and Raviraj, the Kananda movie Drishya's distribution rights was purchased for the USA market. After the first screening there was a shocking news. High quality Drishya movie was available on the Net which had a watermark reading 'Censor Copy'! Now how do you expect people to pay for it when it is availabe for free online.

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1st Rank Raju producer Manjunath Kandkur says "Our movie was running well in Karnataka and became a big hit. But it was leaked online. After this when we released the movie in USA it was a flop. Because of online piracy we lost lakhs of Rupees. Even our TV rights has not been sold."

When Chitraloka spoke to Mohan of Ananda Audio he said "it is very difficult to control online piracy. There is a way to stop it in You Tube. If they have the account let the movie producer write to Youtube and they will block the video. But if it is available on other servers like torrents it is very difficult. If a movie producer gives authorization letter to us we will try to control online piracy. This problem exists  not only for Kannada but almost all language movies are facing the same threat. Bollywood movie Great Grand Masti which was supposed to release in August is available online now. It is now in the hands of all the film chambers in India to sit and think on how we can stop online piracy."

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ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಿತ್ರರಂಗದ ಬಹುನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿತ ಸಿನಿಮಾ, ರಿಲೀಸ್‍ಗೂ ಮೊದಲೇ ಲೀಕ್ ಆಗಿಬಿಡ್ತಾ..? ಚಿತ್ರರಂಗವನ್ನು ಬೇತಾಳದಂತೆ ಕಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪೈರಸಿ ಭೂತ, ಕೆಜಿಎಫ್‍ನ್ನು ಆಕ್ರಮಿಸಿತಾ..? ಒಂದು ದೊಡ್ಡ ಆತಂಕ ಕಾಡೋಕೆ ಶುರುವಾಗಿದೆ. ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಕಾರಣ ಆನ್‍ಲೈನ್‍ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ ಎರಡು ಫೋಟೋಗಳು.

ಆ ಫೋಟೋಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಇದುವರೆಗೆ ಟ್ರೇಲರ್‍ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಿಸದೇ ಇರುವ ದೃಶ್ಯವಿದೆ. ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಸೆನ್ಸಾರ್ ಕಾಪಿ ಎನ್ನುವುದೂ ಕಾಣುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಹಾಗಾದರೆ, ಕೆಜಿಎಫ್ ಲೀಕ್ ಆಗಿದೆಯಾ..? 

ಕೋಟಿ ಕೋಟಿ ಬಂಡವಾಳ ಸುರಿದು, ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಿತ್ರರಂಗ ಯಾವುದಕ್ಕೂ.. ಯಾರಿಗೂ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಇಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ತೋರಿಸಲು ಹೊರಟ ವಿಜಯ್ ಕಿರಗಂದೂರುಗೆ ಇದು ದೊಡ್ಡ ಶಾಕ್.

ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗುವ ಪ್ರತಿ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನೂ ಆನ್‍ಲೈನ್‍ನಲ್ಲಿ ಲೀಕ್ ಮಾಡುವ ಹ್ಯಾಕರ್‍ಗಳ ದೊಡ್ಡ ತಂಡವೇ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ವಿವಿಧೆಡೆ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಕೆಜಿಎಫ್, ಇಂತಹ ಪೈರಸಿಕಳ್ಳರ ವಿರುದ್ಧವೂ ಎಚ್ಚೆತ್ತುಕೊಳ್ಳಲೇಬೇಕು. ರಿಲೀಸ್‍ಗೆ ತಲೆಕೆಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಷ್ಟೇ ಅಥವಾ ಅದಕ್ಕಿಂತಲೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು, ಈ ವಿಚಾರದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಎಚ್ಚರವಹಿಸಬೇಕು. 

ಭಾರತಾದ್ಯಂತ ಸದ್ದು ಸುದ್ದಿ ಮಾಡಿದ ಕೆಜಿಎಫ್‍ಗೂ ಪೈರಸಿ ಕಾಟ ತಪ್ಪಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ರಾಕ್‍ಲೈನ್ ಬ್ಯಾನರ್‍ನ ನಟಸಾರ್ವಭೌಮ ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನೂ ಕಳ್ಳರು ಕದ್ದಿದ್ದರು. ಅಂಥದ್ದೇ ಶಾಕ್ ಯಜಮಾನನಿಗೂ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಪೈರಸಿ ಕಿರಾತಕರು.

ದರ್ಶನ್ ಅಭಿನಯದ ಯಜಮಾನ, ಬಾಕ್ಸಾಫೀಸಲ್ಲಿ ಅಬ್ಬರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೆ, ಅದೇ ವೇಳೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಯಜಮಾನನ ಪೈರಸಿ ಸಿಡಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಆನ್‍ಲೈನ್‍ಗೂ ವಿಡಿಯೋ ಬಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಭರ್ಜರಿ ಬೆಳೆ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕಿ ಶೈಲಜಾ ನಾಗ್‍ಗೆ ಇದು ಶಾಕ್ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿರುವುದು ಹೌದು. ಪೈರಸಿ ಮಟ್ಟ ಹಾಕುವ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋರಾಟ ನಿರಂತರವಾಗಿ ಜಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿಟ್ಟಿರುವ ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕರು ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಆದರೆ, ಪೈರಸಿ ಮಾಡುವವರೋ.. ಥೇಟು ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದಕರಂತೆ. ಹಿಡಿಯಬಹುದು. ಕೊಲ್ಲಲೂಬಹುದು. ಆದರೆ, ಅದು ನಿರ್ವಂಶವಾಗಲ್ಲ.