Musician and Member of Parliament for Mawokota North Constituency, Hillary Kiyaga, often known as Dr Hilderman, has cautioned artists in opposition to celebrating the copyright administration system.
Hilderman defined that the federal government can’t use the administration system to cost radio stations, tv stations, bars, and music shoppers as a result of the present copyright legislation doesn’t allow it.
“The copyright modification invoice was delivered to Parliament however has not been reintroduced. You can’t say you’ll use digital instruments to observe one thing that doesn’t exist—they’ve began with one thing that isn’t but in place,” he defined.
Hilderman believes the federal government is focusing on artists’ assist forward of the election yr, however nothing extra.
He challenged the federal government to amend the copyright legislation for the advantage of artists if it genuinely cares, moderately than hiding behind the copyright administration system—one thing which can’t perform below the present legislation.
“If the federal government genuinely cares about musicians, subsequent week it ought to place a copyright invoice on the order paper for its first studying,” he defined.
The copyright administration system was accepted by the federal government, nevertheless it has acquired important backlash from numerous artists, a lot of whom declare it can’t be applied below the present legislation.
The system goals to register artists and their works, observe music utilization in bars and on media, particularly TVs and radio stations, and be sure that artists are paid for performs and to fight music piracy.
