PPM chairman Rosmin Hashim warned that flawed guidelines could harm the local music industry, especially the copyright owners of music and video recordings.
PETALING JAYA: Three major music industry bodies say the new Guidelines of Copyright (Collective Management Organisations) 2025 (CMO) could negatively impact copyright holders, having been published without their consultation.
In a joint statement, Music Authors’ Copyright Protection (MACP), Public Performance Malaysia (PPM), and Recording Performers Malaysia (RPM) said the guidelines undermined their autonomy and were not aligned with existing laws.
They said the guidelines, issued by the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) on Jan 17, were intended to improve the governance and operations of collective management organisations.
However, they said the guidelines were published “unilaterally without consultation with us and many provisions are ultra vires as they exceed the jurisdiction granted under the Copyright Act 1987 and conflict with other existing laws”.
“As a result, we believe that we should not adopt the guidelines,” they said.
MACP chairman Nasir Mohamed, also known as singer M Nasir, said the organisation already adhered to international governance standards as a member of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers.
“We respect the government’s efforts to improve the governance of the copyright industry. However, we have not been given sufficient opportunity to discuss and voice our views.
“Without clear discussions with stakeholders, the guidelines’ implementation could negatively impact the copyright ecosystem and the livelihood of creators like myself who rely on royalty income from collective management organisations,” he said.
Guidelines may disrupt royalty payments
PPM chairman Rosmin Hashim warned that flawed guidelines could harm the local music industry, especially the copyright owners of music and video recordings.
“As an International Federation of the Phonographic Industry member, PPM continuously enhances its operations to align with global best practices.
“However, this cannot be achieved without first conducting detailed consultations with us to ensure that the published CMO guidelines genuinely protect the interests of the investors who are our members,” he said.
Rosmin said the CMO guidelines would negatively impact the company’s management, ultimately affecting investors’ revenue and the national economy.
“We are prepared to collaborate with MyIPO to make the necessary amendments to the published CMO guidelines to ensure that they achieve their intended objectives,” he said.
RPM chairman Sheila Majid said the new guidelines could disrupt royalty payments if they were not properly discussed with stakeholders.
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