Inspiration or imitation? Copyright battles rage in the copy-paste age
Inspiration or imitation? Copyright battles rage in the copy-paste age
Mohua DasSneha Bhura
TNN
Apr 26, 2025, 18:25 IST IST
The Aamir Aziz-Anita Dube controversy isn't a one-off. Creative work is easily 'borrowed' in this digital age but few have the stomach for long courtroom battles
Earlier this month, a Delhi gallery quietly exhibited a painting by artist Anita Dube featuring lines from poet-activist Aamir Aziz's protest poem 'Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega'. The words rang loud, but the poet's name didn't. These weren't anonymous verses floating through the internet. Aziz's poem has been performed widely since 2019, and even read aloud by Pink Floyd's Roger Waters at a global protest. According to Aziz, the lines were used without his 'knowledge, consent, credit or compensation'. After a public backlash, Dube issued a statement acknowledging the 'ethical lapse'. But she's hardly the only one. In India's creative circles, copyright slip-ups are par for the course. Sometimes deliberately and sometimes without knowing, 'borrowers' cross the line, and creators aren't sure how to draw one.
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