Sony
BMG
Taiwan
has
issued
a
legal
letter
to
Tips
Industries
claiming
damages
over
Rs.
2
crore
for
the
Race
song
Zara
Zara
Touch
Me
Touch
Me
Touch
Me
which
has
been
plagiarized
from
a
Wang
Lee
Hom
tune.
The
record
label
has
claimed
that
the
song,
Zara
Zara
Touch
Me,
is
a
copy
of
Lee
Hom's
Deep
In
The
Bamboo
Grove
from
his
2004
album
Shangri-La.
Sony
BMG
Taiwan
has
seeked
damages
over
this
particular
song
for
on
the
following
grounds.
1.
Using
the
song
without
authorisation,
filling
in
Indian
lyrics
and
claiming
it
as
an
original
composition.
2.
Turning
the
song
into
part
of
a
movie,
complete
with
its
own
music
video.
3.
Playing
the
song
on
TV
and
radio
stations.
4.
Releasing
the
song
in
various
forms,
including
ringtone
and
Internet
download.
5.
Selling
the
song
in
the
form
of
cassette
tape,
CD,
VCD
and
DVD.
When
contacted,
Pritam
refused
to
comment
on
this
matter
whereas
a
Tips
official
accepted
the
fact
that
they
been
sent
a
legal
notice
and
that
the
above
mentioned
damages
have
been
claimed.
Pritam
has
got
for
himself
a
notorious
image
of
directly
lifting
South
Asian
song
tunes
shamelessly
and
passing
them
as
his
own.
Whenever
probed
on
the
matter
of
song
lifts
he
always
says,
"I
always
tell
my
makers
to
give
due
credit
to
the
original
composer
on
the
album
cover
but
not
all
comply."
A
website
that
exposes
all
Indian
music
directors
of
their
copied
tunes
by
posting
the
original
numbers
along
side
them
has
Pritam
at
the
top!
He
has
copied
more
than
over
100
tunes
till
now
they
have
proved
it!