It appears Big Zulu is about to make imali eningi from companies that did the imali eningi challenge.
Last year the South African musician released his hit song, imali eningi and the song was an instant hit which made waves around Mzansi. Soon a challenge waa made from the song with Duduzane Zuma leading the way with the challenge. However, the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) is ready to make sure that artists get paid their dues by companies that use their music to advertise their business. This implies that companies that did the Imali eningi challenge to market their products or business will be receiving an invoice from SIMROS for them to give Big Zulu imali eningi for license fees.
Big Zulu to be paid for Imali eningi challenge
Metro FM hip-hop producer Rashid Kay went to Twitter to share the big news with Big Zulu letting him know to contact SIMROS to collect his royalties for imali eningi.
“Big Zulu did you hear? SAMRO says all these companies, production houses, soccer teams… are gonna pay for using those songs for #ImaliEningiChallenge #JerusalemaChallenge, ” he said.
This comes just after Warner Music and Master KG revealed that they will be going after license fees owed to them fof companies that took part in the challenge. It is clear, however, that individuals and companies who used the music casually and socially are not expected to pay. However, companies that used the music to advertise their brand and products explicitly need to pay royalty fees.
If “there is an advertising or image-promoting effect in favor of an institution, organization or company,” this triggers the license fee clause of the copyright law which demands that companies pay the originator. Warner has made it very clear that their first responsibility is to the artist to make sure that they are well compensated for their work. “Our job is to ensure that our artists receive fair compensation for using their music,” they said.
However, there is a thin line between companies that are not eligible to pay and those are required to pay license fees.
In regards with Master KG and Warner Music’s quest to collect royalties, German news magazine, Focus, states that the Ministry of the Interior of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia has already settled the claims for the participating police departments in the state.
Kusazoba lemali eningi raining apparently.