On the occasion of 74th Independence Day, the state-owned Doordarshan uploaded live band performances of the men and women in uniform on their social media accounts including YouTube. Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi S Vempati was disappointed to learn that DD National’s channel on YouTube received a copyright strike for uploading the said video in which the bands played patriotic songs.
In his tweet, Vempati wrote, ” Disappointed to see that live musical band performances by the Armed Forces produced by Doordarshan have been copyright claimed by commercial musical entities on the @/ddnational YouTube channel”.
Disappointed to see that live musical band performances by the Armed Forces produced by Doordarshan have been copyright claimed by commercial musical entities on the @ddnational YouTube channel https://t.co/DLzxWpsfK9
— Shashi S Vempati (@shashidigital) August 16, 2020
He added that it is ethically and morally wrong on the music companies’ side to raise a claim on the patriotic songs played by the Tri-services bands. “As an example what is the basis for SareGaMa to claim copyright on “Saare Jahan Se Accha” performance by the Tri-services band?” he said.
It is not just ethically and morally wrong but it raises serious questions on the basis for these copyright claims – as an example what is the basis for SareGaMa to claim copyright on “Saare Jahan Se Accha” performance by the Tri-services band ?
— Shashi S Vempati (@shashidigital) August 16, 2020
Vempati requested both music entities and Google India to look into the matter.
You can watch the performance here:
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— Doordarshan National (@DDNational) August 15, 2020
The best of Tri Forces Musical Bands on DD National pic.twitter.com/z5Zp2i8yQb
