Ghanaian reggae artiste, Shasha Marley, has described the Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO) as a failure.
He says the organisation has for over the many years of its existence, cheated musicians and prevented them from getting what they actually deserve.
GHAMRO is a royalties collection agency within Ghana, that represents the rights of music copyright holders.
The organization was created under section 49 of the Copyright Law, Act 690 of 2005 and allows it to collect royalties for all rights owners in Ghana.
Shasha Marley adding his voice to that of many of his colleagues over not getting their royalties said he is not a member of GAHMRO because they lack the system to track and collect royalties for their members.
The royalties collection he suggested has been one of the major threats to the success of Ghanaian musicians.
Sasha says he went as far as contracting HASCA to collect his royalties in Ghana but they declined because they said Ghana lacked systems to monitor the works of musicians.
“The system in Ghana does not work. You would be there and they will bring you GHc400 for the whole year. We don’t have a system in Ghana. No organisation can work with Ghana because they do not have the systems in place. We have a long way to go when it comes to royalties collection.”
