Law Around Copyright in Songs
In case of Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar v. A.R. Rahman [2025] GCtR 920 (Delhi), it has been held that "the tryst between Indian classical music and Copyright Law has been a long one. S.2 (p) of Copyright Act, 1957 shows that a musical work is a work consisting of music and includes any graphical notations of such work. It, however, does not include the lyrics. This definition of musical work was introduced in the year 1995 by way of an amendment." "For enjoying copyright protection as a musical work, the composition can be based on a known Raga but has to be original in expression."
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