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The Eastern Caribbean Collective Organisation for Music Rights (ECCO) Inc is concerned that some 90 percent of the money it collects in royalties here goes to societies overseas.<\/p>

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The organisation\u2019s Operations Manager, Vanesta Mortley, told reporters that the situation is the result of more international rather than local content being aired by local radio stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe local creators would be suffering because if their music is not being played then the chances of them getting royalties \u2013 obviously there wouldn\u2019t be any,\u201d Mortley stated.<\/p>

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However she explained that as an organization, ECCO cannot determine what radio stations here play.<\/p>

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\u201cThat is not our role. We just have to collect and distribute royalties to the right owners,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe creators, through some association of some sort can lobby for local, content so that whatever royalties are actually collected can be within whatever territory that the royalties are actually collected,\u201d the ECCO Operations Manager said.<\/p>

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Members of  ECCO last met here over the week end at the  where the royalties issue was one of the matters discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mortley said there is also concern over non-compliance by radio stations in St. Lucia and the rest of the OECS in paying royalties for the use of copyrighted music.<\/p>

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\u201cFor ECCO it is a major concern because that is where most of the consumption of music is,\u201d she asserted.<\/p>

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The Eastern Caribbean Collective Organisation for Music Rights (ECCO) Inc is concerned that some 90 percent of the money it collects in royalties here goes to societies overseas. 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