Some of my friends may have read my guest post on Spicy IP on the current controversy surrounding copyright claims over Carnatic music compositions.
After I wrote that post, Outlook magazine got in touch about the same topic. They were kind enough to carry my quote but by mistake they left out the quotation marks. Here's what I said:
"Clearly, there is a need to distinguish between ground-level copyright over compositions and copyright over sound recordings performed by artistes. Anybody who deals in a sound recording, the rights to which have been acquired by a recording label, without the latter’s permission, infringes the label’s copyright. But anybody who wishes to perform the same composition as that of the recording can do so without permission from the music label, as long as it is in public domain."
If you're interested you may please read the full article here. At the end of the article, there's a 'Jump Cut' to reputed musician TM Krishna's views on the subject.
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