Plagiarism- is it such a crime? - Page 6

Originally posted by: T.

But, isn't the cost of suing end-users too high at the moment because there are so many of them?

I mean, MS obviously has the money to protect itself and send legal notices, but otherwise, artists can't afford to do the same.

Originally posted by: s.priya

The artistes are now slowly forming their own associations, which are still in its infancy stages, but there is a big movement to protect their works and get them copyrighted.

Good to know that. They definitely need to collaborate on this matter.

Originally posted by: soulsoup

Priya - do you know if the Creative Commons Licenses (http://creativecommons.org/) are valid in India?

Originally posted by: s.priya

No doubt, we cannot go through life, being suspicious of every work we come across to check if it is an original or a copy, but sometimes, we just enjoy listening to something or even reading something which we know is copied. But when we come to know that, how do we view the second author. Will you want to go back and listen to another tune created by him or read another book written by him, knowing that it is possible that this one too is copied from the work of another great.

Well Priya ji,

You have said it all in those few words.

It is THE fear that scares most of our MDs not to give credit to the original man. The inability to generate new stuff combined with false hope of getting away without anyone realising the source makes them steal music- but then you will get into a vicious cycle in quest of the original man.

For all you know the Arab man would have "drawn a little inspiration" from his composer neighbour who in turn would have been "influenced " by a good friend composer from China and so forth.

There is no way you can establish the absolute originality of music as its not exactly like research work.

I think as music lovers you must quietly enjoy what you hear without tarnishing your image of the composer etc. Its not like Himesh, Pritam etc are our best friends who have betrayed us. If what you hear is good- enjoy it and be happy. If you cant beat them ( believe me it would be tough ) -join them

Originally posted by: T.

I feel that this culture always existed, but now its coming to light.

Originally posted by: myths

Well Priya ji,

You have said it all in those few words.

It is THE fear that scares most of our MDs not to give credit to the original man. The inability to generate new stuff combined with false hope of getting away without anyone realising the source makes them steal music- but then you will get into a vicious cycle in quest of the original man.

For all you know the Arab man would have "drawn a little inspiration" from his composer neighbour who in turn would have been "influenced " by a good friend composer from China and so forth.

There is no way you can establish the absolute originality of music as its not exactly like research work.

I think as music lovers you must quietly enjoy what you hear without tarnishing your image of the composer etc. Its not like Himesh, Pritam etc are our best friends who have betrayed us. If what you hear is good- enjoy it and be happy. If you cant beat them ( believe me it would be tough ) -join them

Originally posted by: s.priya

It is sad that many great writers are sooo poor. The greatest hindi novelist Munshi Prem Chand lived all his life from hand to mouth. I hope their movement succeed and they get their share of the pie.

Edited by Sur_Sangam - 19 years ago

Originally posted by: Sur_Sangam

It is sad that many great writers are sooo poor. The greatest hindi novelist Munshi Prem Chand lived all his life from hand to mouth. I hope their movement succeed and they get a pie of the cake.