The Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) has announced that it has acquired digital monitoring systems to help in tracking how songs by Ghanaian musicians are used on radio, television, and digital platforms.
Speaking at a press conference on August 31, 2021, at the conference room of the organisation, the Chief Executive Officer of GHAMRO, Abraham Adjatey said the long wait for getting a digital means of monitoring music, is over.
“GHAMRO has committed to an agreement with Global Music Monitoring to monitor music throughout the country for us, with the assistance of Ghud Music. Because as much as we are going to have some foreign-based company working with us, we should also be able to develop our local and internal capacity. So we are going to continue working with Ghud Music to develop a proper template as a developing system,” he said.
He added they are working with Indie Consortium to develop a collection system for the organisation.
He said they have contracted CAPASSO, a copyright society in South Africa versed in Digital Rights Licensing, to monitor online digital platforms for Ghanaian musicians. He said after the exercise, they have been able to make $49,000 for GHAMRO right owners.
Abraham also noted that they had a deal with Global Music Monitoring which has for the past five months been doing an auto-pilot of broadcast monitoring of Ghanaian music.
He said after monitoring 300 stations in Ghana over the period, they are convinced and ready to work with them. This means that the organisation will now be able to get a more scientific means of calculating musician’s royalties.
This is scientific data will help in the equitable distribution of royalties among musicians who have signed their works for GHAMRO.
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By: ghanaweekend.com
