It is a very pertinent question in the current context that is it legal to remix music or a song?
If you are making mash-up for your personal playlist, then your remix song could be costlier for you if a copyright holder sues you for infringement. Remix songs are simply mixture and not the original work.
We can say legal issues pertinent to mixers are that these come under the category of derivative work which means that these are derived from others artist work. And we all must be aware that all music has copyright protection which prevents the others from using it in any manner without permission of the owner.
Section 13 of the Copyright Act, 1957 states that copyright exists in music or songs and Section 14 grants rights to the author and states that copyright is an exclusive right by virtue of which owner of work is authorised to:
Now, check out what amounts to infringement?
Section 51 simply states that if any person without obtaining a license from the owner or the registrar of the copyright does any of the things which violate the right conferred on the owner then it shall be considered as the infringement.
On the other hand, section 52 lists out those actions which are not construed as infringement, if:
From the above position of law, it is clear that but for the provisions of section 52(1) (j) as stated above, the making of remix songs would amount to an illegal act.
Therefore, a person has to take precautions to remixing any songs:
Once the person has taken all these precautions and satisfied aforesaid conditions of the section then his remix song shall not amount to Copyright infringement.
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