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MCSK Reveals A New Era Of Openness & Transparency As It Distributes Its First Quarter 2024 Royalties

Simon Osuji by Simon Osuji
January 28, 2024
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MCSK Reveals A New Era Of Openness & Transparency As It Distributes Its First Quarter 2024 Royalties

Kenya’s largest and oldest Collective Management Organization (CMO) the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) has said that it has entered a new era of openness and transparency with the first of five royalty distributions to its members.

MCSK has distributed at least Kshs 20 million for the period 1st January 2023 – 31st December 2023 in this quarter.

According to MCSK, long gone are the days of whining and crying among its membership due to low distributions despite heavy airplay by the media, the transport and hospitality industry.

MCSK Reveals A New Era Of Openness & Transparency As It Distributes Its First Quarter 2024 Royalties

MCSK CEO Dr. Ezekiel Mutua says “In 2024, we are looking forward to greater support from the government, better engagement with members and a new chapter of openness and transparency,”

The society has further asked for greater collaboration with the Ministry of Interior to enable safer and better collections by its officers to users of its members’ music. According to MCSK CMOs can collect over two billion shillings annually leading to better distribution to its members.

Further, the society expects better collections in the coming months after the gazettement of new tariffs and the introduction of the black tape levy also referred to as the Remuneration for Private Copying which came into force in September 2023 and which a legal suit has since commenced. MCSK currently estimates that only about 15 percent of users are compliant.

“If the Minister for Interior gives us police for enforcement we have billions to be collected out there with the media holding a substantial amount. Now add that to the hospitality and matatu industry and we can promise our members fat checks in the coming months,” says MCSK Chairman Lazarus Muli.

MCSK Reveals A New Era Of Openness & Transparency As It Distributes Its First Quarter 2024 Royalties

Further MCSK says its members will soon be able to monitor the performance of their works following the deployment of new technology which will also better a more scientific distribution as the society continues to use a combination of general and scientific contributions currently.

Currently, the society says it is in the process of evaluation by the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) which aims to protect the rights and promote the interests of creators worldwide, as it seeks to rejoin the global body.

In its latest disbursement, the society reports that it has paid its highest-grossing member Kshs. 757,092.00/- whilst the lowest paid member will receive an estimate of Kshs. 5,000/-. In a change of tone, MCSK has lamented that international artists continue to gross higher than local artists asking the media and users of their music to play local music.

Members have also been encouraged to continue updating their works and catalogs regularly with the Secretariat as the board extends the current distribution period by two months to 29th March to enable its members to access their royalties.

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