Manipur, July 9 -- It has become increasingly evident that Manipur's entertainment industry and their fans are woefully ignorant when it comes to protection of intellectual property. Agreements are almost always oral or scantily documented. Most of the public are in the dark about the limitations, which results in a whole lot of confusion and bitterness over who owns what and who can do what with that.

Last month, 'Tantha', a leading entertainment company, introduced a policy barring fans from using their copyrighted music on Tik Tok and faced significant backlash from their subscribers. And earlier this week, Soma Laishram, a popular movie star, remade a song she sang in 2013 and failed to credit Bronson Khumukcham, the lyricist and com...