Gokul, being a researcher myself, I know what pain it takes to write an article that needs so much background research and data. I appreciate Abhilasha for a well written piece. However, I agree that the author has not considered to focus his research on South India, but overall, the issue that was discussed in the article is same everywhere in India (be it Bollywood, Kollywood, whatever...)
But I have a point to make. Even if there were no music piracy now, music directors, singers and lyricists don't lose as much, the real losers are the music companies. Its these music companies that are making this a big issue (indeed, it is, I don't deny that), but nobody made an issue years or decades back when the music companies where robbing the singers and others of their royalties. Where was the media that time? It is high-time that people in the industry realise this and be more informed abou the royalties that exists before these companies can make merry. A lot of public performance of music on TVs, Radios, Commericials go unnoticed costing millions of revenue lose. If a regulatory body looks into the royalty and piracy issue, we can soon see a revival of the industry.
