{"id":240919,"date":"2008-06-09T16:29:26","date_gmt":"2008-06-09T16:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/xmlimport\/index.php\/2008\/06\/09\/musician-hold-annual-meeting-to-discuss-piracy\/"},"modified":"2008-06-09T16:29:26","modified_gmt":"2008-06-09T16:29:26","slug":"musician-hold-annual-meeting-to-discuss-piracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2008\/06\/09\/musician-hold-annual-meeting-to-discuss-piracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Musician hold annual meeting to discuss piracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<img http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/images\/stories\/music_piracy.jpg\" alt=\"music_piracy.jpg\" title=\"music_piracy.jpg\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: left; width: 303px; height: 360px\" height=\"360\" width=\"303\" \/><span class=\"bodytxthm2\"> The International Federation of Musicians has<br \/>\nheld its annual meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, where it discussed<br \/>\nmoves to curb piracy in the music industry.&nbsp; Members expressed concern<br \/>\nabout new digital recording equipment&nbsp; being put into the system by<br \/>\nmulti national agencies. <\/p>\n<p>They<br \/>\nwere highly critical of the Blue Ray digital device which they said was<br \/>\nvery sophisticated and is likely to be misused by pirates.&nbsp; The<br \/>\nPresident of the Federation, John Smith, said it is regrettable that<br \/>\nmore machines are being put into the system which pirates are likely to<br \/>\nexploit to the disadvantage of intellectual property rights owners.&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe Chairman of the African Committee of the Federation, Alhaji Sidiku<br \/>\nBuari, called for negotiations with the manufacturers of the new<br \/>\ndigital machine to consider withdrawing it from the market or<br \/>\nmanufacture it as a player and not a recorder.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>He said<br \/>\ncommercializing such a recorder in its latest form is highly<br \/>\ndetrimental more especially to musicians in Africa who are over<br \/>\nburdened with poor sales due to piracy.&nbsp; Another option is for them to<br \/>\nadapt it in such a way that it cannot be used to duplicate audio or<br \/>\naudio-visual works in commercial quantities.&nbsp; Alhaji Sidiku suggested<br \/>\nthat manufacturers give rights to distributors whose output they could<br \/>\nappropriately control so that the product is not&nbsp; abused by pirates.&nbsp;<br \/>\nIn a situational report, Alhaji Sidiku was happy that live band music<br \/>\nis gradually bouncing back in countries like Ghana, Malawi and South<br \/>\nAfrica.&nbsp; He hoped the fever would catch on with other countries on the<br \/>\ncontinent.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSource:GBC&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodytxthm2\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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