Recent copyright issue escalated by the world-famous music composer illayaraja has created a mass awareness about the intellectual property law. I mean, more than the authors and the legal fraternity, the common public got an awareness about copyright, especially about cinema songs.

However, whether royalty claims by illayarja subsists with the copyright protection, to him as a composer, or SPB infringing the copyrights knowingly or unknowingly.

There are 2 aspects in this issue of copyrights and royalty on cinema songs.

1. Who is the original Author?
2. What does the copyright law say?

1) Original Author: Songs from Indian cinema are not …