Recently singer Sona Mohapatra, along with India’s Raw Star Rituraj Mohanty, performed the iconic Sambalpuri song Rangabati on MTV Coke Studio. The song, beloved in Orissa, got over a million hits online.

It also attracted a lawsuit. The copyright holders of the song — lyricist Mitrabhanu Gauntia and music director Prabhudutta Pradhan — had not been asked for permission or credited on the show. Though they demanded one crore rupees, they claimed their reasons for the lawsuit were emotional — the song had been “distorted” and “hurt sentiments.”