As far as I know, Sony Pictures has been given the distribution rights of only the film The Sound Story and nothing else.PanchavadyamWikimediaCreativeCommonsChalliyanCCBY-SA2.0 news Controversy Saturday, May 18, 2019 - 11:06 Shiba Kurian Follow shibakurian Following a row over parading a partially blind elephant, Keralas popular festival Thrissur Pooram has once again courted controversy.This time, the festivals Panchavadhyam Melam or live orchestra, which includes around 200 artistes performing an array of percussion and wind instruments, is at the centre of the storm over copyright infringement.Several people who recorded the orchestra at the festival and uploaded their videos on social media reportedly received messages of copyright violation from Sony Music, the global music conglomerate.
Thrissur Pooram Ilanjithara Melam Movie The SoundAccording to reports, it said that the music sounded similar to the tracks of the multilingual movie The Sound Story, which stars Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty as the central character. Even Facebook lives were reportedly interrupted and stopped midway. A search on Facebook and YouTube threw up only a handful of videos of the orchestra from the public; the rest of the content on these platforms are from media channels. The issue has sparked a debate on who owns the copyright of the music performed by the ensemble, an iconic orchestra present at almost every traditional festival in Kerala. The Sound Story, which released in April, revolves around a sound designer who struggles to realise his dream of recording all the sounds of the Thrissur Pooram. It features the Panchavadyam Melam, Panchari Melam and Ilanjithara Melam -- all these melams use the same instruments and have similar sounding rhythm. Resul Pookutty recorded the music at the Thrissur Pooram two years ago and mixed it for the film. How the issue come to light On May 10, ARN Media, an online platform that has been covering temple and cultural festivals across the state for eight years, had put up a post saying they would not be able to go live from their Facebook page due to budget and copyright issues. Sony (Music) has taken the rights for all melams When we tried to do Facebook live, it was getting blocked, a situation we faced when we tried going live for Arattupuzha Pooram (in March 2019). ![]() Thrissur Pooram Ilanjithara Melam Free Distribution OfThrissur Pooram Ilanjithara Melam License That EnablesSpeaking to TNM, Vinu Mohanan, owner of ARN Media, said that the songs in the movie with sounds of the melams should have been placed under the Creative Commons (CC) license, a public copyright license that enables the free distribution of a copyrighted work. ![]() But these sounds or music should come under Creative Commons license as these are cultural programmes and have been performed for centuries. Let them take copyrights for the other songs they have composed in the film, he said. He said that even a two-minute video was flagged for copyright violation, stating that the videos matched the audio owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Other Poorams this year, too, received the copyright notice from Sony Music. ![]() However, Resul Pookutty has said that these claims are completely baseless, malicious and false. To put it clearly, I dont own the copyright or the IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) of the film The Sound Story. It is owned by the producers namely Prasad Prabhakar (Productions) and Palmstone Multimedia. They are the ones who have contractual obligations with Sony Music and Sony Pictures.
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