JOIN US Popular Bollywood songs would not be heard in the ongoing Indian Premier League with the Delhi High Court restraining BCCI and seven teams from playing them without the permission of the members of a singers’ association.
The Indian Singers Rights Association (ISRA), a body registered as the first copyright society, has moved the high court seeking an injunction against the IPL teams, excluding Delhi Daredevils, by asserting that playing of songs without the nod of members of the body amounts to infringement of “performer’s rights”.
The court asked event management firm - DNA Entertainment Networks Pvt Ltd - and its Manager of Operations to refrain from playing the songs till April 19, the next date of hearing, when the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) would also response to the notice.
The lawsuit filed by advocate Pravin Anand on behalf of ISRA, alleged that till date, neither the IPL teams nor the event management firm has paid royalty for the previous years and not obtained permission from it for playing of songs of its members in this year’s IPL matches.
The IPL teams which have to reply to ISRA’s allegations are Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, King’s XI Punjab, Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions.
The association has alleged that neither DNA nor BCCI have paid royalty for playing its members’ songs during the IPL seasons of 2014 and 2015 for which the amounts were Rs 19,37,000 and Rs 32,00,000, respectively.