Panel Constituted to Examine Copyright Issues of Bollywood

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal set up a ten-member committee today after a delegation of film fraternity met Sibal in Mumbai and aired their concerns over the proposed amendment to the Act which will mandate users to pay royalty to the creator for use everytime.

The panel comprising film actor Aamir Khan, producer Mukesh Bhatt, lyricist Javed Akhtar, script writer Anjum, director Vishal Bharadwaj among others. This is in response to the opposition from certain sections of film fraternity over the proposed amendment to Copyright Act. The panel of experts, will examine the issue and submit a report.

The representatives of the film fraternity were of the view that the proposed amendments will affect certain loss-making ventures which were using the material which have already been available in the market.

Hope the panel will look both sides of the coin and maintain the balance of the rights of creators vis a vis the fair users and consumers.


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