Right To Intellect

Intellectual property rights laws, especially those dealing with crafts copyrights are in a nascent state in India, and so there are new controversies everyday, especially under the current economic liberalisation process. The problem is perhaps most acute with the music industry, where remixes and remakes are mostly based on older movie numbers. Also mobile ringtones and caller tunes, as also vehicle horns are now using music from popular songs, wherefrom the original creators, the music directors are not being benefited to the desired extent. With the Indian organized crafts sector, especially fashion textiles, emerging as a strong stakeholder in the world market, the concerned copyright laws should be re-framed in a well-defined manner without any further delay.