Pay us our royalties earlier than you shut down – Celestine Donkor’s supervisor to Boomplay

Kofi Donkor, supervisor of gospel musician, Celestine Donkor has referred to as on Boomplay, a web-based streaming service, to pay his artiste’s royalties.

Kofi Donkor within the remark part of his submit famous that Celestine Donkor has not been paid royalties for over a yr.

In a Facebook submit, he hinted that the digital service supplier is perhaps closing its workplace in Ghana.

“Boomplay, pay us our royalties before you shut down the Ghana office on Friday!” he acknowledged in his submit.

“They haven’t made a payment in over a year. Additionally, I’ve heard that they intend to close their Ghanaian office. We must withdraw our funds immediately,” he acknowledged in an interview with myjoyonline.

3News’ verify on Boomplay’s licensing settlement with artistes point out that the streaming platform doesn’t straight situation cost of royalties to artistes.

Rather, Boomplay has settlement with most well-liked distribution platforms and distributors for the songs which can be submitted on the platform.

The distributors are answerable for music licensing, distribution, and paying the artist their royalties.

“Boomplay artists receive streaming royalties from distributors that are preferred by Boomplay,” the platform’s web site mentioned.

Per the streaming platform’s laws, “artistes can choose a distributor that is preferred by Boomplay to distribute their music. Artistes can receive their royalties monthly and collect them from their bank, PayPal, or Payoneer.”

Meanwhile, myjoyonline.com stories that right here have been some challenges with some distributors and distribution platforms, a purpose for the non-payment of some royalties.

According to stories, some licensing agreements with some platforms have ended and that there have been a confusion over agreeing to new licensing agreements that are nonetheless being mentioned.