Big B explodes in anger on blog
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, son of late noted poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, has recently questioned the stipulation in the copyright law which allows exclusive rights to heirs of original literary work for 60 years after the death of the author.
In the case of original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works the 60-year period is counted from the year following the death of the author, according to the Copyright Act, 1957. But Amitabh Bachchan says this is ‘rubbish.’
“Written copyright and whatever else in the realm, lives 60 years after the passing with the elements of them that be the rightfulIJ ReallyIJ So who designed 60 yearsIJ Why 60, why not 61, or why not perpetuity,” Amitabh Bachchan wrote in a somewhat rambling blog.