{"id":51981,"date":"2018-08-24T09:15:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T09:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=51981"},"modified":"2018-08-24T02:07:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T02:07:26","slug":"7860-013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/7860-013\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS STATEMENT: Royalty Payment Will Delay But Don\u2019t Panic \u2500 GHAMRO Assures Musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A press release has been issued by the\u00a0Public Relations Officer of Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO), Prince Tsegah.<\/p>\n<p>The release is on behalf of the organization&#8217;s payment of musicians royalties.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, payment of royalties for June-July may delay.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/nana-aba-anamoah-sarkcess-music-pro\/\">https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/nana-aba-anamoah-sarkcess-music-pro\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This, it explained is due to some minor problems GHAMRO is experiencing with regards to the bank levy cheque from the state.<\/p>\n<p>Members are therefore to remain patient because all the necessary measures to rectify the problem to pay the royalties is ongoing.<\/p>\n<h3>Read full statement below:<\/h3>\n<h4><em>The Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) wishes to inform its cherished<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em> members that royalty payment due to right owners for the JUNE \u2013JULY season <\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>will soon be distributed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> This delay is due to the fact that GHAMRO experienced some problems in <\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>receiving the blank Levy cheque from the state. GHAMRO has regularized the <\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>issue and very soon members will be credited with their first royalties for the year 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> GHAMRO wishes to seize this opportunity to apologise for the delay, and to <\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>encourage members to be patient as plans are far advanced for prompt distribution.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This delay has been occasioned by processing difficulties with the State Agencies <\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>through which the Blank levy is paid.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> GHAMRO wishes to assure its members that these `difficulties have been ironed out after meetings and discussions with the respective offices in charge of the release of funds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> GHAMRO will soon send bulk text messages confirming payment date and processes to its members.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In a related development, the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) is <\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>embarking on a national enforcement operation to retrieve all Broadcasting copyright royalty fees for 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All public music users, including Radio and TV stations, Hotels, Night Clubs, Pubs, and Event Organizers, barbering Saloons, <\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>Shopping Malls etc which have not renewed their Operational License for 2018 or <\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>who have not as yet regularized their operations with GHAMRO, should do so as <\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>soon as possible to avoid prosecution and embarrassment .<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All copyright royalties should be paid directly to GHAMRO since the <\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>organisation is not dealing with any association for the collection of royalties.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Remember that it is an offence under the copyright law to use music in a public<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em> place without prior approval from GHAMRO under section 36 of the LI 1962 of 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For further and better particulars on the operations of GHAMRO, please call the <\/em><\/h4>\n<h4><em>Public Relations Head on 0244670554 for any enquires.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>GHAMRO PAY BEFORE PLAY.<\/em><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A press release has been issued by the\u00a0Public Relations Officer of Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO), Prince Tsegah. The release is on behalf of the organization&#8217;s payment of musicians royalties. According to the statement, payment of royalties for June-July may delay. READ ALSO:\u00a0https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/nana-aba-anamoah-sarkcess-music-pro\/ This, it explained is due to some minor problems GHAMRO is experiencing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6036,"featured_media":51982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[45490,45491],"class_list":["post-51981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ghamro","tag-ghana-musicians-rights-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6036"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51983,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51981\/revisions\/51983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}