On the charge of violating copyright Act, police on Tuesday arrested a city based graphics development firm owner from his shop situated at Beldarpura locality under Hanumanganj police station area.
According to the police, Kutubuddin (34), owner of Modern Traders and Graphics was arrested during a raid conducted at the shop when it was found that the firm was using pirated version of Coral-16 software for commercial means.
SHO of Hanumanganj police station Ashwin R Negi told that the company officials had filed a complaint with the police stating that the said software was being used commercially without purchasing or obtaining license from the company.
Company official of Coral 16 software lodged a complaint regarding the use of the company’s software without procuring the license for the software. Acting on the complaint during investigation it was found that the accused was using the software after which the office of the accused was raided and the software used was found without license.
The accused used to sell pirated CDs of the software which was infringement of Copyright Act owned by Coral Company.
The action was taken after a company official reported about the use of pirated software and lodged a complaint about the details of the accused and his firm’s involvement in the usage. The software is used in graphics designing work extensively and Coral Company holds the copy right of all types of use of the soft ware. A case under Copy Right Act-1957 was registered against the accused. On Tuesday, the accused was produced in the court on Tuesday and was granted bail by the court.