Remix Music And Its Interplay With Copyright Laws

The essence of copyright law is to protect the collective efforts put in by creators who produce work that has some intrinsic value. Music, created through a collaboration between musicians, producers and composers, is one such work on which copyright subsists. When this music is altered, distorted and transposed by adding new compositions to it, a remix is formed. Thus, in a broad sense, a remix can be defined as a piece of music whose original state is altered by removing or adding parts of the original composition or by changing its components which may include its tempo, bass and beats. A remix can also be considered as a musician's original work which is derived from the original track that is being used to create the remix. Several musicians, especially in the film industry, tend to create remix versions of hit songs from the 70s, 80s or the 90s by re-recording the songs and by altering its musical components. Since the original songs are works on which