Polladhavan Tamilyogi -

Under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 (amended 2012), uploading, downloading, or distributing copyrighted content without permission is illegal. The Cinematograph Act, 2019, introduced jail terms (up to 3 years) and fines for piracy. While enforcement has historically been lax, recent crackdowns by the Tamil Film Producers Council have led to the blocking of over 10,000 piracy URLs.