In a move that may be seen as among the most defining ones for film writers in India, the Screenwriters Rights Association of India (SRAI) has received the approval to operate as a copyright society under the 1957 Copyright Act. The move that has come in favour of the SRAI follows a 15-year effort by the association to procure the required permissions that will now enable it to collect royalties for dramatic and literary works associated with film productions. 

Hitesh Kewalya and Zaman Habib