World Music Day: MCSN introduces IP monitoring, Tracking and Royalty distribution

By Adekunle Badmus

The Music Copyright Society of Nigeria, MCSN is set to celebrate the World music Day 2020 with a big announcement.

The Collective Management Organisation will announce the deployment of its in-house Tracking, Monitoring and Distribution Technology for monetisation of intellectual properties in the digital space and across analogue platforms.

The Director General of Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) Mr John Asien is expected to Flag off the Webinar after which Mr Mayo Ayilaran CEO of MCSN will make the big announcement.

Iconic Music Industry Heavyweights including Kenny Keke Ogungbe, Ruggedman, Seyi Shay, Godwin Tom with a Keynote speech by Australian CMO Expert Frank Rodi.

The webinar which is coming in association with Business Day, will be moderated by Tech Expert and OAP, Faith History.

Discussions will center around the urgent need to translate the Nigerian Music Industry into a digital ecosystem through the Deployment of Tracking and Monitoring technology to enable MCSN to be efficient in Royalty collection and distribution.

The Webinar will hold on 21st June 2020 between 3pm and 4:15pm (WAT)

MCSN is the owner, assignee and exclusive licensee of copyright in the largest repertoire of musical works and sound recordings in Nigeria.

It is a Collective Management Organization (CMO) Licensed and approved by the Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) and as adjudicated upon by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Nigeria to licence copyright; collect Royalties from users of musical works and sound recordings for onward distribution to Right owners.