Two former members of Artcell, guitarist Ershad Zaman and lyricist Rumman Ahmed have sent a legal notice to three members of the band including vocalist George Lincoln D'Costa, guitarist Saef Al Nazi and drummer Kazi Sazzadul Asheqeen, for using their song without any consent.

According to the notice, the popular band has violated Section 71 of the Copyright Act 2000 (as amended in 2005).

The legal notice states that the band's debut album "Onno Shomoy" (2002) comprises 10 songs out of which 7, were penned by Rumman Ahmed. The lyricist has also written lyrics for 7 songs of the band's popular album "Oniket Prantor" which was released in 2006. Ershad Zaman has also penned lyrics for the same album as well.

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Rumman Ahmed has also written songs for mixed albums for Artcell including- "Opshori" from Onushilon, "Ostitter Dike Pododdhonir Shommohon" from Agontuk 1, "Chile Kothar Shepai" from Agontuk-2, "Bangladesh Sriti O Amra" from Agontuk 3, and "Chera Akash" from the album "Lokayoto".

Ershad Zaman has penned lyrics for the song "Ei Bidaye" from the album Live Now. He has also written the lyrics for "Shongshoy" and "Haranor gaan" as well.

Previously, Ershad Zaman and Rumman Ahmed had sent notice to the band, but they allegedly did not pay heed to it. If they keep on ignoring their pleas, the former members will file a copyright case against them.