Who should get the copyright of a song ?

Bhawani Mahapatra (Querist) 28 December 2010 This query is : Resolved
In the context of a movie song- a song come to the audience through different stake holders.
Firstly the person who write the song, secondly the person who composes it, thirdly the person(s) who sing it and lastly the actor/actress against whom the song is picturise.
My question is "if the song is an intellectual property, then who should get the copyright of it ?
Please mention the relevent provision of laws.

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R.Ramachandran (Expert) 28 December 2010
The intellectual property which you are talking about is in the nature of copyright. Presently, according to the law of copyright, the moment these are incorporated in a film - lyrics, music, voice of the singer etc., - the producer of the film becomes the first owner of the Copyright in the same.
Now the Government is proposing suitable amendment in the Copyright law which will give right to the lyricist, song composer and the singer etc.