Being from a journalism school, I understand how serious “plagiarism’ is. Well, it hurts even more if you are on the other side. That is, your work is plagiarised and the credit is given to the person who plagiarised.

The Indian Film Industry, which we call Bollywood sets an example for the youth. The music industry is huge. But, can we give the industry all the credit? When I look at the chronicles of plagiarism in indian film music, I am shocked beyond words. People we look upto, people we think are so talented are nothing more than mere “copycats”!

Even semi-Gods like RD Burman and AR Rahman have also plagiarised songs under their names.

One thing is for sure, if nothing else, our music directors are really knowledgable about music, using Korean, Mexican and even Spanish music in their songs. I really hope, they would attribute the sources properly. It would make them more respectable.

Via: itwofs