ZIMURA & ARTISTS desperately need to find each other

By: Earground
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The issue of Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA) and royalties for authors / publishers & composers of music has been topical within the music spaces for years now. It has fast become a clichè. “Zimura yakadhakwa!” The BIGGEST question is: Are the artists sober???? 

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6 possible solutions to the ZIMURA artists’ royalties struggles

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The Plot Thickens, , , Leave a Comment on 6 possible solutions to the ZIMURA artists’ royalties struggles

For a longtime there has been an from composers, producers and performers of music Zimbabwe over the handling of their royalties from collection to distribution of the income from Radio stations, businesses and members of the public. Recently the sole collective society in Zimbabwe the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association [ZIMURA] announced new licensing tariffs in…

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Underfire ZIMURA to host AGM and Lazzie T hearing next week as more artists speak out.

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On Wednesday the NewsDay carried an article that touched on the issues of artists’ royalties and the ongoing tiff between the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA) and some of their members who are aggrieved over an alleged failure by the body to pay them in time among other things. The following is the last part…

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