Intellectual Property Organisation of Pakistan (IPO) Chairman Mujeeb Ahmed Khan has regretted that current copyrights laws do not have teeth to enforce the rights of musicians.
"The music industry is the backbone of our culture and protecting this industry means safeguarding our cultural values and the copyright laws are the tools to provide protection to creators of this industry," said the IPO-Pakistan Chairman while addressing a session on "IPO: Music and Copyrights in Pakistan' at the Lahore Music Meet (LMM) here on Sunday. The session was attended by a number of musicians including singers, song writers and composers etc.
Mujeeb said the IPO-Pakistan is in the process of amending the copyright laws in order to overcome this issue, adding that the new/refined copyright law would have larger protection for the rights of the musicians. He suggested that there should be performing rights societies so that the musicians can collectively enforce and bargain for their rights.
The chairman also threw light on the linkage of copyrights with the music industry and said that there is a dire need to create maximum awareness among the stakeholders and general public about this law which gives protection to their music rights. In the question/answer session, famous Lok singers including Akram Rahi, Gulzar Rana, Kamran Lashari and Adil Azhar asked questions about their music rights.
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