Yes, ARR should not have involved with the project if he was aware that prior permission was not taken for remaking the movie.
Yes, ARR should not rent out his studio to MDs who are blatantly and intentionally guilty of infringing on copyrights of other artists - international or domestic. well gomzy, going by your logic, pakistan can house thousands of terrorist camps and get away with it by just saying "oh we just gave them a place to live and work. We are not responsible for what they do". Do you think it is acceptable? A guy distributing ghajini mp3s would say "I am just giving but I am not asking anyone to take it. So, I am morally upright and did no wrong". The other guy would say, "I am just taking because he is giving otherwise I would have bought the CD. So, I am pure.. you see, morals are subjective". oh yeah right! technically speaking, ARR might not have broken any law. but... laws exist for enforcement. morals exist for enlightenment. laws have to be obeyed. morals have to be practiced. Just because we love ARR, the man and his music, it should not blind our own judgement. --- In [email protected], "Gomzy" <gomtesh.upad...@...> wrote: > > Now lets use your logic for something better. > > ARR's studio is given out on rent basis to various MDs. I wouldnt wanna name > the MDs who use the studio. > Now are we going to sue or question ARRs ethics if these MDs copy or rip off > some guys music? (they are btw) > > Please stop catching anything related to ARR in every manner possible and > holding that against him. > > On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 12:13 AM, ramakrisha laxmana subramanian siva gopala > acharya iyer .aiyooo amma idli wada dosa sambar chatni . < > sriramiye...@...> wrote: > > > What has AR got to do with it? His work is completely original, the > > basic story of GHAJINI is SURE to have been inspired from the H'wood > > flick, but the 'masala' is completely by the writer/director. > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans% 40yahoogroups.com>, > > "pradeepananth" > > <pradeepananth@> wrote: > > > > > > So Ghajini is out and looks like its all set to break all box office > > > records. Aamir, the producers and everyone involved is going to rake > > > in a lot of moolah. > > > > > > As far as I know, Murugadoss & Co. did not quite pay Christopher > > > Nolan, his brother Jonathan Nolan(original story) or the producers > > of > > > Memento for the rights of the movie. Maybe the tamil ghajini didn't > > > quite hit their radar but the Hindi one because of its high- profile > > > nature will probably do and they might come after Murugadoss & co. > > > > > > In any case, I am disgusted that these guys didn't quite go and > > > acquire the rights first from the original writer/director/producers > > > before ripping it off. If they don't have any qualms ripping off > > > others' "intellectual property", why should they expect their > > audience > > > to not go for pirated DVDs and VCDs of their movie? Why do they > > appeal > > > to them to not watch through 'illegal sources' when what they are > > > doing is by no means "legal"? (I am no lawyer but I am pretty sure > > > that Ghajini will be deemed a case of plagiarism under most > > > intellectual property laws) > > > > > > > > > Question to ARR is even though he is not directly ripping off the > > > story, he is certainly 'associated' with the movie and I wonder if > > he > > > ought to have put a foot down and said that he would not want to be > > > associated with a movie where the intellectual property rights of > > > another creative artist are being violated. After all ARR doesn't > > > appreciate people downloading his music through illegal sources and > > > not paying for it. He knows how much its hurts an artiste. > > > > > > Folks with access to ARR - if you could get his stance on this > > issue, > > > that would be awesome. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > -pradeep > > > > > > > > > >
