Remixes: Saga Of The Bittersweet Symphonies

In the recent past, the traditional conception of copyright has given way to rise of various complex matters to cope up with the advancements in the nature of works and the medium of their expressions that propose protection under the Copyright Law. Innumerable issues arise in the tug of war between the copyright holders and their so-called infringers. One such issue continuously grappled with is that of the remixes under the Indian Copyright Act. Remixes are nothing but a modified version of any prior published sound recording by using another voice with different musicians and arrangers. An old song is decorated, developed and transferred to a different medium or otherwise the simple music of a popular song is changed so as to make the arrangement fall within the description of an original musical work.