| Pub. Date | : Jan' 2024 |
|---|---|
| Product Name | : The IUP Journal of Law Review |
| Product Type | : Article |
| Product Code | : IJLR040124 |
| Author Name | : Kiran Sharma and Shivangi Sharma |
| Availability | : YES |
| Subject/Domain | : Arts & Humanities |
| Download Format | : PDF Format |
| No. of Pages | : 13 |
A recent Bollywood trend involves producing a different version of an old recorded song by just adding or altering a few beats, changing the tempo, changing a few lines of the song, or mixing two or three old songs. This trend is known as the remix, remake, or mashup culture. All the social media platforms, such as YouTube, Instagram, etc., are flooded with such remixed versions. The question that arises is whether this is legal or not. If not, then all these social media influencers can be held liable for copyright violation. Music is protected under copyright laws, and any kind of alterations to the already existing music is considered an infringement. The paper examines this culture of remix, whether it amounts to copyright violation, and what remixers can do to avoid legal trouble.
Remixing is the process of rearranging an older piece of music may involve several aesthetic adjustments. When a remixer purchases the stems and then modifies them in terms of tempo, beat, effects, etc. to effectively create a new track, s/he has created an official remix. The stems, by the way, are each of the separate recordings (guitars, singing, synths, etc.) that together make up the song's entire audio recording. After mixing and mastering these stems, the final track is produced.1 Most of the songs one hears in clubs and pubs are examples of remixed songs, as DJs change the beats and tempo, and change the genre of music with just the alteration of beats.