We, the collective management organizations (CMOs) of the music industry—Music Authors’ Copyright Protection (MACP), Public Performance Malaysia (PPM) and Recording Performers Malaysia (RPM) would like to clarify recent reports published by Free Malaysia Today on March 20, 2025, titled “Music industry bodies oppose new copyright guidelines” and Dagang News on March 19, 2025, titled “MACP,…
We, the collective management organizations of the music industry—Music Authors’ Copyright Protection (MACP), Public Performance Malaysia (PPM) and Recording Performers Malaysia (RPM) have expressed concerns regarding the Guidelines of Copyright (Collective Management Organizations 2025) that was published on the official website of the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) on 17 January 2025 and referred…
The Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2021 (“2021 Bill”), an amendment to the Copyright Act 1987 that was presented by YB Dato Sri Alexander Nanta Linggi, Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs was passed by the Dewan Rakyat on 15 December 2021. We commend the Dewan Rakyat’s decision and congratulate the Ministry of Domestic Trade and…
We refer to the webinar held by Wisdom Foundation – Malaysia entitled “Sabah Sarawak’s Musical Treasures: Returning Our Treasures Back Home” on 15 June 2021 via Zoom and Facebook Live from Wisdom Foundation – Malaysia Facebook Page and subsequent news reports published by the media. In the course of the webinar, it was stated that…
Music Authors’ Copyright Protection (MACP) Berhad (MACP), Public Performance Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (PPM) and Recording Performers Malaysia Berhad (RPM) (“Licensing Bodies”) have today announced the dissolution of Music Rights Malaysia Berhad (MRM). MRM was incorporated by the Licensing Bodies as a joint venture non-profit company to carry out collective music licensing effective 1 January 2017…
The key local music industry players, namely Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM), Public Performance Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PPM), Music Authors’ Copyright Protection (MACP) Berhad and Persatuan Karyawan Malaysia (Karyawan) officially expressed their full support to Recording Performers Malaysia Berhad (RPM) in a show of unity, for the benefit of the music industry, in a…
Music Authors’ Copyright Protection (MACP) Berhad, Public Performance Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (PPM) and Recording Performers Malaysia Berhad (RPM) have received their certificates of declaration as a licensing body from the Malaysian government, as announced at a joint press conference today. “We are pleased with the Government’s decision to declare MACP as the first Licensing Body…
16 May 2012, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia’s Jazz Queen Dato’ Sheila Majid, along with the rest of the RPM Board of Directors which comprises Ajai, Aniu (阿牛), Jaclyn Victor and Ana Raffali initiated a gathering at Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur on 22 February 2012, to meet with all the recording performers, and together everyone spoke in…