Coke Studio’s ‘Hairaan Hua’ removed from Youtube over copyrights claim by Abida Parveen

LAHORE – The latest season of Coke Studio has landed in hot waters again as ‘Hairaan Hua’ from Episode 4 has been taken down from Youtube owing to a copyright claim by Abida Parveen.

Sanam Marvi’s first song for the Season 12 was taken down with a message, “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Abida Parveen”. The news has been confirmed by the Abida’s representative while the Coke Studios’ officials have not released any statement over the possible copyright claim.

Abida Parveen’s son Sarang Latif expressed, “The rights to the composition [of ‘Hairaan Hua’] are with us, registered in my mother’s name. It’s my mother’s intellectual property and they [Coke Studio] did not take permission from us [to use it]. They must have thought this was a traditional or folk composition, but it isn’t. My mother composes 99% of her songs herself”.

“It’s not like Coke Studio is unaware of what copyright and intellectual property are,” added Sarang. “We all know what would happen if anyone decides to simply take ‘Dil Dil Pakistan”.’

It is important to mention here that earlier this week Abrarul Haque’s Billo was also removed from YouTube due to copyrights claim by Karman Entertainment Limited. Shuja Haider and Rachel Viccaji’s ‘Saiyaan’ was also removed, but then shortly restored on YouTube.