Mr. Okafor (sitting left) and Mr. Ayilara (sitting right) sign agreement while the National Working Committee (NWC) members of PMAN and directors of MCSN look on.
The Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN) and Musical Copyright Society Nigeria (MCSN) have agreed to work together to enhance the living standards of Nigerian musicians and other creative people. x
To this end, PMAN and MCSN union signed an agreement to ensure that they work hand in hand to achieve set goals for the music industry and the entertainment industry at large.
At the agreement signing ceremony which took place at the MCSN’s head office in Lagos last week, the President of PMAN, Mr. Pretty Okafor, said that the union decided to give its full support to MCSN because PMAN and the Society have identical goals, which border on the welfare and wellbeing of the musicians.
By Festus Akanbi
The General Council (Board) of the Musical Copyright Society Nigeria Ltd/Gte (MCSN) has appointed Dr. Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, MFR, (King Sunny Ade) as the Honorary President of the Society. The appointment of KSA as the President of MCSN coincides with the rollout of the Societyâs GoCreate App for the monitoring and reporting of the use of music on all platforms (digital, online and offline) within the territory of Nigeria.
King Sunny Ade was a past Chairman of the Board of the society during the turbulent period when MCSN was struggling to be approved or licensed as a collecting society (now Collective Management Organisation). As Chairman, KSA led several delegations of MCSN to meet with ministers and top government functionaries to press for the recognition of MCSN as a collecting society.
King Sunny Ade
The Board of the Musical Copyright Society Nigeria Ltd/Gte (MCSN) has appointed music maestro, Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye popularly known as King Sunny Ade as the Honorary President of the Society. x
The appointment coincides with the rollout of the MCSN’s Gocreate app for the monitoring and reporting of the use of music on all platforms including digital, online and offline, within the territory of Nigeria.
King Sunny Ade was the chairman of the Board of MCSN during the turbulent period when the Society was struggling to be licensed as a collecting society or Collective Management Organisation (CMO). As chairman, the iconic musician led several delegations of MCSN to meet with ministers and top government functionaries to press for the recognition of the organisation as a collecting society.
The Board of the Musical Copyright Society Nigeria Ltd/Gte (MCSN) has appointed music maestro, Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, popularly known as King Sunny Ade as the Honourary President of the Society.
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Nigerian music industry in limbo as COSON, MCSN battle on
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By Ayo Onikoyi
The long battle between Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) and Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria (MCSN) as to who is legally responsible to act as a Collective Management Organisation/ Collective Society (CMO) or simply put, collect royalties on behalf of artists rages on.
Recently MCSN issued a release, which was made available to Vanguard, that they have been empowered by NCC to be the sole CMO for the Nigerian Music Industry (NMI).
“In a move putting a lie to the subtle campaign in certain quarters and affirming the progressive direction and development of collective administration of copyright in Nigeria, the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has granted to the Musical Copyright Society Nigeria Ltd/Gte (MCSN) the renewal of its approval or licence to continue to operate as a Collective Management Organisation (CMO) in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act, Cap