…an essay on copyright and musical creativity which ‘discusses cultures of musical borrowing in the realm of Indian music from ancient times to the present day, and examines the effect of the introduction of colonial copyright law in India. It posits that the Western paradigm on which contemporary copyright law is based cannot be easily integrated with Indian musical practices, and argues for the decolonisation of the law’.
‘This essay, excluding the personal note introducing it, is a lightly-edited version of what would have been my contribution to the volume — Music Borrowing and Copyright Law: A Genre-by-Genre Analysis edited by Enrico Bonadio and Chen Wei Zhu. (I withdrew it from the book in early 2023 due to the failure to reach an agreement as to the terms of publication.)’
Contents
A Personal Note
Divergent and Enmeshed Histories
Incongruous Laws in Indian Environs
Adaptation and Fixation
Authors and Performers
Attributed and Actual Authorship
Borrowing in Cultures of Dialogue
The Adoption of Music
Copyright Considerations
Musical Echoes and Reverberations
Decolonising Copyright Law
Read the essay over at SSRN:Â https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4426590
