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Copyright deadline hits Tagore's works
CALCUTTA Apr 25: To be or not to be ? This is the r nll -lion-dollar question v zlth which the Viswa-Bha rati University is now faced with, reports PTI.
Will the university be al jle to preserve a copyright- shac kled Rabindranath "','agore or present the Nobel laureate's works freed from the copyright ) jondage after December 31. 1991?
The question acquirer signlfi cance to the light » >f the ex piry date of the < opyrlght With the 50th d eath anniversary of thr: poet In August next year , his works might be publish ied to "any fashion" becaust; his copyright. now prlr .cipally the exclusive preset ve of Viswa Bharati and partly of Rabindra-Bhai ati society, lapses on the last day of this year to ar cordance with the Indian Co pyright Act
To the Viswa - Bl larati author! ties, it is a ca use or concern because the authenticity of the poet's writings and songs might be at stake
Tagore himse if had desired that the n toney from the copyright t >f his writings be utilised fc.r the development of VI swa-Bhrati. This was mea nt to be his 'personal contribution to my beggir.g bowl "(his compositions)
According t o the university sources, work had continued to a< cordance with the poet's de: tire.
The central government does not inter ere to the running of those spheres of the uni verstty. the functioning of which depends upon the
earnings from Tagore's pub llcatlons. Viswa Bharati Granthana Vlbhaga (publl shing department) and a large part of Rablndra Bhavana Is run to this man ner
The sources expressed the fear that from next year on wards, the residual traces of independence that the uni verst ty had enjoyed so far would be lost for ever
Whether an "unbridled" right to publish Tagore after the expiry of copyright owner ship is at all desirable is an Issue being debated for sometime by scholars tn this field.
Some maintain that such licence will Invariably result in distortion of the printed texts of Tagore. Hence It is essential that measures be taken to safeguards the authenticity of Tagore s writ Ings to print.They feel that in the name of distributing cheaply-priced Tagore, the commercial publishing concerns are likely devalue critical awareness required for standard editing and thus dilute the "authenticity" of Tagore's works
The Viswa Bharati authorities cite Instances to prove thetr
"One has only to note the pre vailing state of anarchy tn regard to the publication of works of other writers. Even the works of BankAn Chandra and Saratchandra are no exceptions. Although Issued In cheap editions many of these versions are not genuine, fox less com pfete and at times, not even readable, they say