* To protest against proposed Copyright Amendment Bill 2010

NEW DELHI: The Film Federation of India is meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday, the 29th of  December, to take a final decision on the threatened strike in January by various sections of the film industry against the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act. This decision was taken during a meeting of the FFI in Chennai held on Wednesday, which saw the participation of several organizations from the southern states.

Sources from an affiliate body of the FFI in south India told radioandmusic.com that the Federation had been given the mandate to take a final decision on the strike planned for 6 and 7 January. The film industry is opposed to the proposed Copyright Amendment Bill 2010 that mandates producers to share 50 per cent music royalty with lyricists and composers... (also read: Yash Chopra, Ramesh Sippy, Mukesh Bhatt: 'This is the most anti-entertainment govt since independence')

A day-long strike along with a dharna in Delhi is proposed against what is termed as the `draconian` law which will affect the industry. There would be no shows at cinema halls on 6 January and industry professionals including actors, directors, producers and others will participate in the strike and demonstrations in Delhi.

Senior filmmaker L Suresh told RadioAndMusic.com that the proposal would affect the selling of films to distributors and exhibitors. Repeated representations have been made to the government, but to no avail,... Suresh said. The producers alleged that the government was working at the behest of some vested interests... in this matter.