 However, in the case of musical works, in India, the condition of fixation in a medium has been done away since 1994 as can be deduced from the amended definition of ‘musical work’ compared to the pre-amended one.This amendment finds its genesis in Justice Krishna Iyer’s observation that the earlier provision was an “un-Indian feature.”

The rationale of principle of fixation is the requirement of certainty as to what the work is.Another reason for it is to define the limits of copyright so that it does not extend to ideas or underlying information and its ability to be used as an evidence.