neepabithi ghosh never knew that singing ustad rashid khans aaoge jab tum sajna on gaan live a programme that she hosts on etv bangla would mean facing the music too a month after her programme she was told by the channel authorities that the music label which owns the publishing rights of this jab we met number had sent across a letter asking for a compensation of rs 10000says neepabithi i usually open my live show with a film song this particular episode was based on the theme of waiting hence i decided to strum my guitar and sing ajts i didnt use the original track later on i was told by the channel that tseries had sent across a letter stating that since my song was aired for 127 seconds without their prior consent they would have to pay rs 10000 as fees for one time telecast and two times repeat telecast of the same though i didnt have to personally pay up this incident has been an eyeopener for me says divya khosla kumar creative director tseries all channels have to seek permissions and pay a certain amount before they air on their serials and reality shows the songs whose publishing rights belong to us these days there is hardly any revenue generated from physical sales of cds therefore we have devised this method of generating revenues by getting into such deals with radio and television channels since most of the hit songs belong to our company it makes sense for channels to pay us beforehand and avoid legal hassles so serious is kumar about this issue that there is a special monitoring cell that looks into any copyright deviations made anywhere in india members in the cell watches 64 television channels all through the day to find out if there are any defaulters in fact we also have a case pending against a channel from the south that has used our song without seeking permission kumar addsa representative from etv bangla confirms neepabithis incident saying we have an annual agreement with all music labels except tseries and yash raj since ajts was a t series number we had to pay up one can sing film hits at home but if it is a public performance ppl clause states that royalty has to be paid irrespective of whether the singer is using the original track or not all labels have tracking devices to find the defaulters this is a new source of revenue generation for labelsneepa on her part has now become cautious i was not told about these rules when i did that episode now the channel has asked me to avoid singing songs that are owned by certain labels its good that copyright laws are getting stringent what seems queer is that the lack of audio sales has actually forced music labels to turn to such means for generating revenue she sayssinger babul supriyo says that till date he has never faced such copyright