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'Krazzy 4' songs are a copy: Bombay HC
10th Apr 2008 22.00 IST
By Agencies

Just a day before the release of Rakesh Roshan’s production Krazzy 4 , the Bombay High Court has ruled that two songs in the film are plagiarized.

The Bombay High Court ruled in favour of the complainant, jingle composer Ram Sampath, who had accused music director Rajesh Roshan of lifting his composed tunes from an ad.

The court has restrained producer Rakesh Roshan from releasing the movie with the songs.

The movie can be released without the songs in question, Justice D G Karnik said.

"To my untrained ear, the music (in two works) appeared to be similar", Justice Karnik, who listened to both Sampath's work for a Sony Ericsson cellphone advertisement, and the two songs composed by Rajesh Roshan for the film, said.

The film is due for release on Friday.

The court also stopped the sale of film's audio CDs and cassettes containing the two songs – “Krazzy 4” and “Break-free” – as well as the ringtones based on these songs.

The court also observed that Roshans lacked the bonafides as they changed their earlier stand - revealed by SMS sent to Sampath by Hrithik Roshan that Sony Ericsson had given them NOC for use of Sampath's tunes in the film.

But when matter the reached the court, they gave up this stand, and denied that there was any infringement of copyright, Justice Karnik noted.

The judge held that though the advertisement jingle was only for a few seconds, it was the "catch phrase or hook phrase" that was repeated in the songs.

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