Culture of Remix, Remake and Mashup in Music: A Quandary Under the Copyright Act, 1957.

A recent Bollywood trend involves producing a different version of an old recorded song by just adding or altering a few beats, changing the tempo, changing a few lines of the song, or mixing two or three old songs. This trend is known as the remix, remake, or mashup culture. All the social media platforms, such as YouTube, Instagram, etc., are flooded with such remixed versions. The question that arises is whether this is legal or not. If not, then all these social media influencers can be held liable for copyright violation. Music is protected under copyright laws, and any kind of alterations to the already existing music is considered an infringement. The paper examines this culture of remix, whether it amounts to copyright violation, and what remixers can do to avoid legal trouble. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]