{"id":761668,"date":"2019-12-10T08:34:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T08:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/10\/telecos-are-cheating-us-ak-songstress-laments\/"},"modified":"2019-12-10T08:34:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T08:34:13","slug":"telecos-are-cheating-us-ak-songstress-laments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/10\/telecos-are-cheating-us-ak-songstress-laments\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Telecos Are Cheating Us’- Ak Songstress Laments \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are several ways artists in Ghana earn money for their artistic work, one of which is the caller ring back tone telecommunication network contract for their service.<\/p>\n

However, Dancehall act, AK Songstress feels they are not making any dime from Telecos who use their songs for their own financial gains.<\/p>\n

AK Songstress has therefore charged Ghanaian artists to demand \u2018accountability\u2019 from these telecos so they won\u2019t be taken for granted.<\/p>\n

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She made her sentiment known when she had a chat with Graphic recently.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere are virtually no terms and conditions for payment to artistes when their songs are used by the telecommunications companies. At least I am an artiste and I can\u2019t say I\u2019m paid what I deserve.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere should be a system where even underground artistes can get paid for their intellectual property. Telecommunications companies are making money out of us, which is not right.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere should be a system where both artistes and companies can access the number of downloads and services and strike a percentage of profits. It should not be left for the companies to decide how much they will pay after using our intellectual property,\u201d she stated.\n<\/p>\n

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