According to the suit, Trimurti is the first owner of the copyright of the film Vishwatma and its songs, including ‘Saat Samundar Paar.”
Trimurti has argued that all rights in the musical and literary works, as well as the sound recordings, vest with it, including the right to incorporate the song or any part of it in any cinematograph film.
It has contended that a 1990 agreement with Saregama’s predecessor, The Gramophone Company of India Ltd, only assigned rights limited to reproduction and distribution of existing, original audio work.
Trimurti says that this assignment did not include permission to modify or adapt the song recording to create a derivative work through means including synchronization, remix.
