[icernet] Centenary year of recorded music in India

[Arul Selvan]

Prasar Bharati sources said though there was no concrete proposal before 
AIR at present, there were plans to commercially exploit the "rich" 
collection by throwing the offer open to music companies to come forward 
for the software from the archives through competitive bidding. This is 
not the first time that plans of exploiting its treasure trove have been 
explored by AIR. Bids were called in 2001 and once even before that but 
the offers were "ridiculously" low, sources said.

AIR has now undertaken the experiment focusing on its music recordings 
as the country celebrates 100 years of recorded music. The Government 
has declared November 11, 2002, to November 10, 2003, as the centenary 
year of recorded music in India.

Source:
http://www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=97857