The Madras High Court ruled that film music composer R. Ilaiyaraaja was entitled to “special moral rights” over 4,500 songs composed by him for more than 1,000 movies in his career spanning over four decades.
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Decreeing a civil suit filed by R. Ilaiyaraaja in 2014 against a group of music labels Madras High Court held that the composer was entitled to the moral rights in line with Section 57 of the Copyright Act, 1957.
Key Highlights of Section 57 of the Copyright Act, 1957:
The Section protects the right of a composer to claim a right over his compositions even after assigning them wholly or partially to others.
It also entitles him to restrain or claim damages in respect of any distortion, mutilation, modification or other act in relation to his work if such distortion, mutilation or modification would be prejudicial to his honour or reputation.
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