RISA have released an encouraging Anti-Piracy Bulletin for June 2008. Their anti-piracy website www.stoppiracy.org.za is regularly updated and contains more detail on the industry’s fight against Piracy while providing a platform for the reporting of activity relating to Music Piracy. Download the Bulletin HERE.

The 3rd annual South African Traditional Music Awards, with 2008 Theme of Unity Through Music, Languages and Cultures, is seeking Nominations.

 

Spanish consumers will soon be saddled with an anti-piracy tax on media devices, including the iPod. The government-mandated charge applies to a range of media-focused devices, specifically those capable of storing, playing, recording, or copying sounds and images.

The SABC, the SA Screen Federation (SASFED) and the Independent Producers Organisation (IPO) signed an agreement on Saturday, 21 June 2008, in Hyde Park, Johannesburgto undertake a joint research project into international best practices regarding procurement of local TV by public broadcasters and the issue of intellectual property rights.

 

South Africa's music stars of the future have been given a much welcomed boost with the awarding of 80 music study bursaries to the value of R662 000 by the Southern African Music Rights Organisation 's Endowment for the National Arts.

The DMC Championships is a global event where DJs from across the world compete against each other to be crowned NO.1 DJ in the world and thereby also earning themselves a golden set of turntables.

AIRCO invites AIRCO Members to join various AIRCO Committees, on a voluntary basis. Levelling the playing field for independent music requires as many hands on deck as possible, and AIRCO welcomes applications from Members interested in sitting on the following Portfolio Committees:

The 4th annual Southern African Music Conference, a critical platform for the South African dance music industry returns to Gauteng after last year's event in Durban, hosted at Wits Great Hall in Braamfontein from 29 June - 5 July 2008.