Ilaiyaraaja's plea to move copyright case to Chennai denied by Supreme Court
The legal dispute originated from a lawsuit filed by Sony Music Entertainment India in 2022 before the Bombay High Court, seeking an injunction to prevent Ilaiyaraaja Music N Management Pvt Ltd (IMMPL) from using 536 musical compositions.Sony asserts that it acquired the rights to these works through Oriental Records and Echo Recording, entities with which Ilaiyaraaja has been involved in protracted litigation.IMMPL, on the other hand, contends that 310 of the 536 disputed compositions are already under judicial consideration in a concurrent case pending before the Madras High Court.That case, initially pursued by Ilaiyaraaja in 2014 against Echo Recording, contests their ownership claims over his compositions and seeks formal recognition of the composer's moral and economic rights under the Copyright Act. The 2014 suit in the Madras High Court led to a landmark judgement in 2019, which upheld Ilaiyaraaja's moral and special rights as a composer.Ilaiyaraaja is regarded as one of India's most prolific music composers, having composed over 7,500 songs across more than 1,500 films.- EndsMust Watch
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