Isnt it the responsibility of the Producers of the Movie. ?. why should AR bother about all these ?
May be he left all these issues to the Producers of the movie... I think its a grave sin to question AR's ethics. and Pls dont use the words " Rip Off" for AR. It really hurts. On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 12:28 PM, rayrai2k <ravis...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you questioning AR's ethics? I dont think he ripped the music > anywhere from Memento. You should be asking the question to its > producers and the story writers. Why AR? > To avoid downloading and using pirated music, movie or software is > individual ethics. > You might be using softwares are you 100% sure that theres no pirated > software or there is any software installed and used according to the > norms in the agreement? > Your question to AR can be solicited only if he had anywhere used the > music from the predecessor. > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > "pradeepananth" > <pradeepana...@...> wrote: > > > > So Ghajini is out and looks like its all set to break all box office > > records. Aamir, the producers and everyone involved is going to rake > > in a lot of moolah. > > > > As far as I know, Murugadoss & Co. did not quite pay Christopher > > Nolan, his brother Jonathan Nolan(original story) or the producers > of > > Memento for the rights of the movie. Maybe the tamil ghajini didn't > > quite hit their radar but the Hindi one because of its high-profile > > nature will probably do and they might come after Murugadoss & co. > > > > In any case, I am disgusted that these guys didn't quite go and > > acquire the rights first from the original writer/director/producers > > before ripping it off. If they don't have any qualms ripping off > > others' "intellectual property", why should they expect their > audience > > to not go for pirated DVDs and VCDs of their movie? Why do they > appeal > > to them to not watch through 'illegal sources' when what they are > > doing is by no means "legal"? (I am no lawyer but I am pretty sure > > that Ghajini will be deemed a case of plagiarism under most > > intellectual property laws) > > > > > > Question to ARR is even though he is not directly ripping off the > > story, he is certainly 'associated' with the movie and I wonder if > he > > ought to have put a foot down and said that he would not want to be > > associated with a movie where the intellectual property rights of > > another creative artist are being violated. After all ARR doesn't > > appreciate people downloading his music through illegal sources and > > not paying for it. He knows how much its hurts an artiste. > > > > Folks with access to ARR - if you could get his stance on this > issue, > > that would be awesome. > > > > Thoughts? > > -pradeep > > > > > -- regards, Vithur
