July 17, Colombo: Bandula Saman Kumara, owner of Tec Touch International 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 Nirosha Fernando, resulting in raids which were conducted by a team led by Assistant Superintendent of Police Nuwan Vedasinghe. Thousands of counterfeit copies of local music, movies, teledramas and business software belonging to members of the Business Software Alliance were subsequently seized by the police.