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Originally posted by: Ashley.Tisdale

See physical and digital medium royalty does differ. Because you need to buy the physical copy, pay for all songs on that CD, but for digital medium you can listen and chose to like or dislike it. A song could be played on YouTube or Gaana for free but if you don't like it, you change it. That way physical and digital sales (thus royalties) can never be the same.

Music directors and lyricists don't get royalties yet from stage shows...there seems to be some improvement and IPRS has managed to release some funds in the right direction as of now.

The singer is the last one at the scene of the song and its proven even recently about their contributions. Like Bekhayali from Kabir Singh...sung by Arijit and another by Sachet himself. Arijit is considered a benchmark by many, yet Sachet's version did better. So did it matter whether or not Arijit sang it?

I've already mentioned singers get a nominal portion from a different set of royalty but their share will remain lesser than those of the creators of the song. It is how it is, that is the law after all points, mediums of royalty generation, aspects of music making considered. The music director and lyricist will always have a bigger say, simply because its their creation.

All I am saying is, irrespective of the medium, when a song is played anywhere, including the stage shows, the three components that make the song should get a royalty.

Regarding Bekhayali, you are saying what I have been saying all along. Sachet Tandon's voice was more suited Bekhayali than Arijit Singh so he has more views than that of Arijit's version. However, if Sachet Tandon's version had 31 crore views than Arijit singh's version also has 5 crore views and both should get royalty for that as singers.

It might be a law but it need not be just. All three should get royalty and it should not be skewed against singers for their contribution to the song is as important as the other two.

Originally posted by: surajhere

All I am saying is, irrespective of the medium, when a song is played anywhere, including the stage shows, the three components that make the song should get a royalty.

Regarding Bekhayali, you are saying what I have been saying all along. Sachet Tandon's voice was more suited Bekhayali than Arijit Singh so he has more views than that of Arijit's version. However, if Sachet Tandon's version had 31 crore views than Arijit singh's version also has 5 crore views and both should get royalty for that as singers.

It might be a law but it need not be just. All three should get royalty and it should not be skewed against singers for their contribution to the song is as important as the other two.

@bold: so ofc Sachet will get royalty for his version and Arijit for his. But it would be a lesser amount than the music director and lyricist and from a different pie...because like I said the main pie involves the publisher, music director and lyricist only. And this is due to the fact that singers can still generate revenues from different platforms and means while music directors and lyricists don't have that option.

And thats the thing right, there are a lot of factors to consider while making a law of so much importance. If an instrumental version of a song plays then only the music director gets royalty coz there's no lyrics and singer, if the song is used in a reality show but sung by a contestant then the music director and lyricist will get the royalty and not the singer. And that's for obvious reasons...whatever part of the song is being used the person who made it will get the money.

These things have to be looked in a very straightforward way. If u look at it from all three's viewpoint they could all say its unfair to them. But jiska jo hissa hai aur jitna bhi contribution hai usko utna hi milega. But it is no doubt that the composer and lyricist would be the first people and the major stakeholders in the royalty pie.

If I was a singer I would've accepted this too...because my voice could be changed and I would be the last person to enter the recording studio to just add to what the composers, lyricists and the entire technical team did.