It was a real wake-up call for songwriters and audio producers as they converged yesterday at Victoria University to discuss the application of Copyright in the Music Business. Initiated by Audio Producers Association of Uganda (APAU), Songwriters Association Uganda (SWAU), National Culture Forum (NCF) in partnership with Victoria University (VU ) the campaign is an excellent step towards professionalizing the Music Industry.
- After yesterday is workshop the following were agreed upon, a countrywide recruitment of new members for APAU and SWAU.
- Immediate application of IPI & ISRC numbers in studios for revenue tracking and to end losses suffered because of unclaimed royalties, use of sample contracts and split sheets and all audio producers to do a data update at UPRS.
- Note ;
An Interested Parties Information ( IPI) number is an international identification number assigned to songwriters, producers and publishers to uniquely identify rights holders.
The International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) is an international standard code for uniquely identifying sound recordings.
