Film producers to strike work on Jan 6

The strike has been called by the Film and TV Producers Guild.

To protest against the proposed amendment to the Copyright Act that allows lyricists,music composers and writers to seek royalty for their services from the film producers,Bollywood and regional film producers have decided to strike work on January 6.

The strike has been called by the Film and TV Producers Guild,whose members include several leading film and television producers across the country. The Guild has threatened that if their demand to roll back this proposal is not considered,then its members will go on an indefinite strike.

The development follows the recommendations made last month by a Parliamentary Standing Committee on the proposed Copyright Amendment Bill 2010,which said film producers should share 50 per cent of their revenues earned from selling music rights and ticket sales with script-writers,lyricists and music composers.

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This is the most anti-entertainment industry government that we have seen since Independence. Instead of doing the right thing,the government is supporting a populist agenda at the behest of some influential lyricists, said Mukesh Bhatt,vice-president of the Guild. If passed,this amendment will kill the film industry.

Currently,the film producers own all the rights for the films including the music,and the composers,lyricists and writers only get a one-time fixed fee.

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