First appeared in www.scroll.in on January 2, 2016. One of the major concerns related to traditional knowledge contained in systems like Hindustani music is the fact that the internet not only empowers musicians to disseminate their music widely on terms that are favourable to them, but that it also gives unhindered scope for collectors to make public hitherto unpublished recordings on a variety of social media platforms. In many cases, these collectors, whether or not connected with established organisations,