The SABC is for the first time participating in showcasing South Africa's music heritage at MIDEM 2008, Cannes, France, 27 –31 January 2008, together with the Department of Art and Culture and the South African music industry conference and exhibition Moshito.

 

AIRCO Member Yoel Kenan (Keevision, Runway Music , Keemusic) will be speaking at a panel discussion at Midem 2008, as part of the official Indie Music Summit programme. The panel is entitled: "Looking for Inspiration - Concrete out of Box Indie Initiatives ".

 

ACER has once again displayed its commitment towards empowering people by sponsoring AIRCO with its top of the range TravelMate 6292 notebook.

 

The nomination period for the board of Cape MIC has been extended to January 25, 2008 as we have received too few nomination and registration forms to date. We urge all music industry stakeholders to become part of this initiative.

 

The establishment of the music industry sector body, Cape MIC is a culmination of efforts of various local music industry stakeholders who wish to see the Western Cape music industry reach its full potential locally, nationally and in the global arena.

The organisers of SA’s longest running music festival are looking for the ‘Ultimate Song’ to capture the spirit of the ‘Ultimate Outdoors Experience’.

 

The USA has published it's amended Copyright Act . For reference, here is the link to the South African Copyright Act 98 of 1978, amended.

All producers of sound recordings and music videos of South African origin in South Africa are obliged to deposit a prescribed number of copies of their products with the National Film, Video and Sound Archives for archiving, including back catalogues.