Music licensing company PPL has become the first collective management organisation (CMO) to sign an international performer agreement with Jamaican CMO, the Jamaican Music Society (JAMMS).
The news follows PPL’s latest agreement with the Romanian performers’ rights organisation, CREDIDAM.
This latest signing with JAMMS is being described as a significant leap forward for the Jamaican music industry, addressing a longstanding gap that has seen performers miss out on revenue where their music is used overseas.
Via PPL, Jamaican performers will now financially benefit from such use of their music recordings in the UK.
PPL and JAMMS have worked together for a number of years under a reciprocal agreement relating to the rights of independent record companies represented by both organisations.
Laurence Oxenbury, PPL’s director of international, said: ‘Any lover of popular music knows that the world owes a debt of gratitude to the musical talent and creativity of Jamaican performers. Having a local Jamaican organisation appointed by performers to manage their repertoire, collect revenue from the UK on their behalf and collectively represent their rights can only be a catalyst for the more effective flow of revenue back to Jamaica from the UK and hopefully other countries in the future.
‘Revenue is currently being collected around the world on behalf of Jamaican performers but only a small proportion is making its way back to Jamaican performers who performed on the recordings. We, at PPL, have embarked on this agreement with JAMMS to enable more Jamaican artists and musicians to earn from recordings on which they have performed, when such works are played in our territory.’
The announcement coincides with the increasingly-popular Reggae Month in February in Jamaica as well as the visit of PPL’s performer board member, David Stopps, to Kingston, to meet with the Jamaican Intellectual Property Office and government officials.
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The news follows PPL’s latest agreement with the Romanian performers’ rights organisation, CREDIDAM.
This latest signing with JAMMS is being described as a significant leap forward for the Jamaican music industry, addressing a longstanding gap that has seen performers miss out on revenue where their music is used overseas.
Via PPL, Jamaican performers will now financially benefit from such use of their music recordings in the UK.
PPL and JAMMS have worked together for a number of years under a reciprocal agreement relating to the rights of independent record companies represented by both organisations.
Laurence Oxenbury, PPL’s director of international, said: ‘Any lover of popular music knows that the world owes a debt of gratitude to the musical talent and creativity of Jamaican performers. Having a local Jamaican organisation appointed by performers to manage their repertoire, collect revenue from the UK on their behalf and collectively represent their rights can only be a catalyst for the more effective flow of revenue back to Jamaica from the UK and hopefully other countries in the future.
‘Revenue is currently being collected around the world on behalf of Jamaican performers but only a small proportion is making its way back to Jamaican performers who performed on the recordings. We, at PPL, have embarked on this agreement with JAMMS to enable more Jamaican artists and musicians to earn from recordings on which they have performed, when such works are played in our territory.’
The announcement coincides with the increasingly-popular Reggae Month in February in Jamaica as well as the visit of PPL’s performer board member, David Stopps, to Kingston, to meet with the Jamaican Intellectual Property Office and government officials.
Visit ppluk.com for more information.
