Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Plagiarism Vs Inspiration

Ever pondered whats the difference between Plagiarism and Inspiration…? Well ask Music Director Pritam and you will get the answer straight away: hair strand difference. He coined out the term IPR, meaning, International Public resources.

Always there is a blatant act of plagiarism involved in all his films and you can bet your bottom dollar on it. Probably he may have felt you cant make gold from iron and straight lifted the tunes not just from English but from all the languages he could cover.
Surprisingly nobody sued him( As far as I know) and he can thank his lucky stars for helping him keep smiling all the way to the bank.

I always enjoyed listening to his tunes. In fact my all time fav track was composed by him. Thank God that's not a copied one ( Again, as far as I know :) ) .Its high time that you understand the difference between inspiration and plagiarism. So my dear yuppie stop resting on your laurels and start rolling up your sleeves before Bollywood goes truly global.

Few out of Many

Life in a Metro song Baatein kuch ankahee copy of Korean song, 'Ah Reum Dah Oon Sa Ram' by Seo Yu Seok! Original: http://youtube.com/watch?v=KCTGuhPcC4Y
COPY: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ura4grIiF90&feature=related

Race Song Pehli Nazar copy of Chinese Kim Hyung Song Sarang Hae Yo Original: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8KoS3weBxAg
COPY: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ffp5h_FGEJY

Woh Lamhe 'Kya mujhe pyaar hai'copy of Indonesian Band 'Tak bisakah' Original: http://youtube.com/watch?v=EZTqg1MgkTY
COPY:http://youtube.com/watch?v=2EoblYYvLsE&feature=related


Now ponder this: Sarkar is an Inspiration from Godfather or Plagiarised….?

2 comments:

Gautam said...

why only Pritam? What about our dear beloved (???) Annu Malik or for that matter A R Rahman.

Girish said...

Who is our beloved gau bhai?forget abt Anu..He is fit for nothing.
Rahman is The Greatest..Classy :)