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This Navratri you may not be able to dance to the tunes of Himesh Reshammiya, if leading dandiya organisers don’t cough up the public performance licence fee to T-Series.

T-Series owns most of the singer’s tracks apart from other hit music albums of Bollywood.

A majority of Reshammiya’s 200 tracks fall under the copyright act of T-Series Public Performance Licence (TPPL), who also have the copyrights of more than 35,000 hit tracks (Hindi and devotional music and remix albums).

“If they play traditional raas garba tracks we have no objection but the moment they switch to disco dandiya and Himesh or any other songs owned by T-Series, the organisers must pay a licence fee of Rs 10,000 per day or face the consequences,” said M M Satish, president of TPPL. “We have short-listed and are approaching organisers of prime dandiya events. If they do not pay the licence fee and play our tracks we shall conduct raids,” added Satish.

Himesh says

Reshammiya said, “If any organiser is using the tracks of T-Series without the licence, it is up to TPPL to decide their fate. I am not performing at any dandiya event but will be visiting various venues as a guest.”

He added, “I have personally made it mandatory for my organisers to obtain TPP licence for all my shows in the country or abroad and they have no issues about it.”

PENALTY

If the organiser does not obtain a licence under Section 33(3) and plays or performs the songs, which fall under the Copyright Act, then the organiser must pay a fine/charge between Rs 50,000 and Rs 2 lakh or face imprisonment of six months to two years along with the seizure of sound equipment.

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By: Nishant A Bhuse
September 18, 2006

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