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Rex Omar Clarifies – Churches Would Only Pay Royalties When They Organise Shows And Not For Songs Used During Praises And Worship

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GHAMRO President Rex Omar has come out to clarify some misconceptions surrounding the organisation’s plan to collect royalties from churches.
Rex Omar said the plan had been misconstrued to mean churches would pay royalties for musics they play during praises and worship, something he denied.
He told Showbiz in an interview that they would only be concerned with events organised by churches were artists come to perform.
In that scenario, he explained, the church would be like any other event organiser and would definitely have to pay royalties.
“Churches are increasingly organising concerts and other events and it is only right that they pay royalties. If a church organises a gospel event on their church premises or at any public venue, the fact that it is being organised by a church does not absolve them from paying royalties just like any other event organiser,” he said.
“If a church invites an artiste to its premises and pays the artiste to perform, at that moment the church is not holding a church service. It’s holding an event and that is what royalties must be paid for,”
Omar also blasted the gospel artists who have come out against the plan, warning them they cannot eat their cakes and have it.
“The gospel artistes who have come out against this cannot eat their cake and have it.
“On one hand, they want GHAMRO to pay them royalties but on the other hand, they are fighting us when we try to collect money,” he stated. Rex Omar said before the new directive is implemented, ample education would be carried out to ensure all parties adequately understood what GHAMRO was trying to do.”
He added: “I am not surprised about the reaction because people fight against things they do not understand instead of asking for further clarification.”



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