Extinguishing the Rights of Lyricists and Composers: IPRS v Aditya Pandey

The rights of lyricists and composers with respect to sound recordings have been a contentious issue in copyright law in India for some time now. Under the scheme of the Copyright Act, there is a distinction between the rights in a sound recording and those in a musical work (that of composer) or literary work (that of lyricists). In 2012, the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court held that only the owners of the sound recording were to be…
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