New Delhi: With the Rajya Sabha passing an amendment to improve the rights of composers and writers, B-Town biggies Sonu Niigaam, Kailash Kher, Shabana Azmi and Rohit Roy have hailed veteran writer Javed Akhtar for his efforts in getting the measure through.
Akhtar has been pushing for an amendment in the copyright laws to give music directors and lyricists a share of the profits earned on their work. The amendment to the copyright act was passed by the Rajya Sabha Thursday and will now go to the Lok Sabha.
Akhtar's wife Shabana was ecstatic.
"Hurrah copyright amendment bill passed in Rajya Sabha. Javed's historic moment to give lyricists, composers 12 percent of their rightful share," she tweeted....
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Mumbai: Hit Hindi songs could soon earn their composers and lyricists big bucks. But the proposed amendment to the copyright bill, which will secure royalty share for them, has the film industry divided. And in a move to oppose the amendment, Film Federation of India (FFI), the mother body of all film associations, has banned lyricist Javed Akhtar. "We have taken a decision at Film Federation of India that we...
01:31 PM, Dec 26, 2010
Mumbai: Hit Hindi songs could soon earn their composers and lyricists big bucks. But the proposed amendment to the copyright bill, which will secure royalty share for them, has the film industry divided. And in a move to oppose the amendment, Film Federation of India (FFI), the mother body of all film associations, has banned lyricist Javed Akhtar. "We have taken a decision at Film Federation of India that we...
01:31 PM, Dec 26, 2010
