Compulsory Licensing Under Copyright Law: A Study of Its Impact on Music Rights

Abstract

The present legal framework doesn’t seem to effectively address the issue with respect to music industries and as a result, the Music industry is facing declining profits. “With multiple appeals pending in this regard, there is a need for the legislature to ensure that the Copyright Board is constituted as per certain minimum legal standards so that the questions on its integrity come to rest.” This is fundamental as the question has proceeded for right around 10 years now, and its decision will have sway on an enormous number of interests in the business, just as the overall population. The development of such Statutory Tribunals in India has been irregular and without a uniform example. The choices given by these courts just as their protected legitimacy have been addressed in various cases. This has prompted questions being brought about the straightforwardness up in their functioning just as decency in the methodology embraced by these courts. The technique for the arrangement of the individuals just as the structure of the councils has been struck somewhere near the Courts every once in a while. It should be acknowledged that the tribunals have come to remain, as the Supreme Court has brought up that it is well inside the force of the legislature to constitute such bodies and these are not, in essence, violative of the doctrine of separation of powers. Be that as it may, endeavors should be made to regularize the strategies, organizations, and audit/allure of choices of councils. The capabilities for the enrollment for these courts should be set down in order to guarantee their freedom from the leader.