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The copyright of the song titled ‘Juboti Radhe’ has been revoked from Shorolpur Band by Bangladesh Copyright office after the allegations were made that some lyrics of the song has been stole from the folk song ‘ Sarboto Mongol Radhe’ .
Zafar Raza, register of the Bangladesh Copyright office has confirmed the news to The Business Post.
He said, “It has been proved from 12 lines out of 32 lines of the song has been taken from the book ‘Banglar Gram Chora’ written by Bimal Kumar Mukherjee in 1974. In this book there is portion called Radha Raman Porbo. They have exactly copied the lines from there. Apart from this ,5 lines of the song , has similarity in the meaning of the original song. A book written by Ashutosh Bhattacharya in 1962 also bears a resemblance to the line ‘Kothao Pabo Har Kolshi, Kothao Pabo Dori/ tumi Hou Jamuna Radhe, Ami Dube Mori.’”
Jafar Raza Chowdhury said that it has now been proved that the claim of Saralpur’s about the song’s originality is false.
“They have broken the section 88 and 89 of copyright act . That’s why we are revoking their copyright license of this song,” he added.
Section 88 of copyright law states that making false statements for the purpose of deceiving or influencing with a view to deceiving any authority or officer in the performance of any of his functions under any of the provisions of this Act shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to taka twenty five thousand or with both.
Actors Meher Afroz Shaon and Chanchal Chowdhury enchanted the audience with their cover song titled ‘Sarbata Mangala Radhe’, which released on October 20 in 2020. The music of song was arranged by Partha Barua and organized by IPDC Finance ltd.
When the song was released, social media was flooded with praise and compliments for the two and the audience loved their on-screen chemistry.
However, the music video sparked a controversy not long after, with Shorolpur, a Sherpur-based folk band, claiming that ‘Juboti Radhe’ is their original track and threatening to sue unless the video was removed from all social media platforms.
IPDC deleted the cover after a day of its release on October 21 due to copyright accusations.
In an earlier press release, Shorolpur Band claimed that they started to writing the lyrics from 2006. Though they admit that some words used in the song are prevalent in folk music and folklore tales but they claimed that there is no direct similarity with any other song.
Tariqul Islam, band member of Shorolpur , has penned and composed the song inspired by Kirtan music.
The band has already been involved in a legal battle with another musician named Sumi Mirza over this song, so this isn’t the first time they’ve had to deal with copyright concerns.
Mirza utilized Shorolpur’s ‘Juboti Radhe’ in a similar case, saying the lyrics were “collected” and allegedly insulting the members of the band when they asked her to take it down, prompting them to file a lawsuit.
That time , after two hearing, the Copyright Office sided with Shorolpur and declared ‘Juboti Radhe’ to be the band’s original song.
