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19 juin 2024SoundLabs and UMG team up on AI vocal tool MicDropUniversal Music Group (UMG) and AI technology company SoundLabs have announced a strategic...Par Peter Choge
10 mai 2024AI-generated music: Does it violate South African laws?Artificial intelligence (AI) music generators are software programmes that use algorithms that...Par Bongani Mdakane
19 mar 2024ANC to meet Ramaphosa over Copyright Amendment BillFollowing Parliament’s adoption of the Copyright Amendment and Performers’ Protection Amendment...Par Ano Shumba
08 mar 2024SAMPRA resolves music royalty dispute with restaurant groupThe South African Music Performance Rights Association (SAMPRA) has withdrawn the charges it filed...Par Peter Choge
01 mar 2024SA Parliament adopts controversial Copyright Amendment BillDespite local and international organisations fervently lobbying against the adoption of the...Par Ano Shumba
14 déc 2023Sony Music Publishing Nigeria partners with DMCESony Music Publishing Nigeria this week announced a partnership with Digital Music Commerce &...Par Gabriel Myers Hansen
02 oct 2023How to collect music royalties through SAMPRAMusic royalties are a key revenue stream for music makers and record labels, and can often be the...Par Music In Africa...
11 aoû 2023PAP Kenya lauds shutdown of illegal ISPsA Kenyan anti-piracy lobby group has commended the police and the Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO)...Par Peter Choge
07 aoû 2023Kenyan rapper Bamboo wins protracted copyright lawsuitKenyan media is reporting that pioneering Kenyan rapper Bamboo has been awarded Ksh4.5m ($32 000)...Par Peter Choge
28 juin 2023Music sampling and South African lawThe Sunday World reported in 2023 that veteran singer and composer Caiphus Semenya was claiming a...Par Bongani Mdakane