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On 8/3/08, n_farsad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Chums, > > I guess its the second time I am posting a topic related to a fone call and > a query. Hope, any moderator is not getting annoyed with this. > > I got a call thru blog, from Delhi inquiring to shed more lights on A R > Rahman and his music rights. A team of media students is doing a documentary > on ".Intellectual Property Rights in Cultural Production in India". They > also forwarded a mail to me. Can I redirect the media people to this Group. > > I am pasting the mail below. Please let me know if anyone can help, so that > I can update them :) > > ========================================================== > > Dear Farsad, > > i had spoken to you last night around 9 pm asking for information regarding > how to get in > touch with Mr. AR Rahman. > > Just to give a brief idea of our project... > we are researching on Intellectual Property Rights in Cultural Production > in India. > the idea is to generate a body of work (text and visual) which will be a > primer > for anyone interested in knowing about IPR in the area of culture. > > We had come across a news item (from 2006) which had mentioned that Mr. AR > Rahman had withdrawn from the feature film Om Shanti Om since T-series the > music company was not > inclined to share a few rights with Mr. AR Rahman. We were particularly > struck by a statement of Mr. AR Rahman, reproduced below... > > Music companies must recognise the changing ground reality. Today the > conventional outlets for music sales are drying up. Soon all music will be > free while the performers and performances will be paid for." > > We feel that a meeting with Mr. AR Rahman would be very very useful for our > research. > > Further internet search revealed your blog and that is the reason i had > called you. > > Could you please email me either Mr. AR Rahman's email address (to which we > can directly write to him) or the telephone number of his personal staff who > can help us out with an interview with him. > > Looking forward to hearing from you. > > ========================================================== > > I dont personally know A R Rahman. Is anyone can help, please update this > thread, so that I can update them to contact you via email. > > Best Regards, > > Farzad Khaleel > www.rahmaniac.co.nr > >
