"The (Madras)
High Court has ordered that my songs cannot be downloaded or sold
through CDs or any other means. Henceforth, without getting the rights
from me none should use my songs. It's an infringement of my
intellectual property rights," he said.
The
Madras High Court had yesterday made absolute the interim injunction
granted by it against five audio recording companies from making and
selling film music compositions of the music director violating his
copyright.
He also said it's illegal to share his songs on video-sharing sites such as YouTube and Daily Motion.
"Those who want the rights to my songs may approach me or the producer's council," he added.
Ilayaraja,
71, had filed a petition seeking to restrain Agi Music private Limited,
Echo Recording Company Private Limited, Unisys Info Solutions Private
Limited, Agi Music sdn bhd, Malaysia and Giri Trading Company, Mumbai,
from manufacturing and selling, distributing or in any manner infringing
his exclusive right under the Copyright Act-1957.
The
veteran musician has composed music for about 4500 songs since 1970 in
various languages, with many of them being chartbusters.