Ilaiyaraja's New Albums 2016-18, News and Titbits

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Rajsekar,
I am sorry you started out saying lets not attaqch Raaja and SPB regarding this issue and by the end of your post, you inadvertantly put the blame on SPB for this issue!.Let us be very clear on this.
Is Raaja justified in taking a stand on royalty?
Absolutely Yes!
Is SPB and the organizers at fault for not taking permissions from Raaja before the tour?
Absolutely Yes!

Does Raaja's legal action towards his friend SPB in the middle of this 50th year, without even talking to him, justified?
Absolutely Not.

Raaja's royalty issue happened 2 years ago and various other concerts of SPB has happened in those two years. Then suddenly this. Tell me there is more than the royalty issue at work here.

For all those needing a clarity on the royalty issue, here is a few pointers on how it works in india.
For songs:
Copy write : 50% Producer/25% Music director/ 25% Lyricist. Things in India changed in 2012 with singers demanding a portion of the copywrite.
For back ground score:
Belongs to the author : (In this case the music director)

Raaja tried to get copywrite waived off from the producers and lyric writers for 600 of his films. The producers had sold the rights to the music companies. That is why this is still in court litigation. Raaja currently cannot prove that he holds all rights to the movies he composed. That is why he doesnt get all the money from FM channels/ Mobile downloads/Television songs... He gets his due of the 25% from IPRS which he claimed that they were only paying him 13 lakhs a year and he wanted people to pay him directly. But raaja doesnt want money from people who cannot afford to pay. This makes things very complicated. He only wants money from people who make a lot of money from this.This is very hard to implement with picking and choosing. Tracking the exact amount of raaja songs sung in light music events or FM channels in india will take light years to track down. So IPRS probably will work on getting a fixed amount and go after the big concerts.

Anyways there is nothing much to prod now.. the damage is done by both ... one feigning ignorance to the law.. and the other one who felt that friendship can go to hell... and here we are trying to lick our wounds and say one day things will be ok.