Kofi Donkor, manager and husband of gospel musician, Celestine Donkor has called on Boomplay, an online streaming service, to pay his artiste’s royalties.
Kofi Donkor in the comment section of his post on Facebook noted that Celestine Donkor has not been paid royalties for over a year.
In a Facebook post, he hinted that the digital service provider might be closing its office in Ghana.
“Boomplay, pay us our royalties before you shut down the Ghana office on Friday!” he stated in his post.
“They haven’t made a payment in over a year. Additionally, I’ve heard that they intend to close their Ghanaian office. We must withdraw our funds immediately,” he stated in an interview with myjoyonline.
3News’ check on Boomplay’s licensing agreement with artistes indicate that the streaming platform does not directly issue payment of royalties to artistes.
Rather, Boomplay has agreement with preferred distribution platforms and distributors for the songs that are submitted on the platform.
The distributors are responsible for music licensing, distribution, and paying the artist their royalties.
“Boomplay artists receive streaming royalties from distributors that are preferred by Boomplay,” the platform’s website said.
Per the streaming platform’s regulations, “artistes can choose a distributor that is preferred by Boomplay to distribute their music. Artistes can receive their royalties monthly and collect them from their bank, PayPal, or Payoneer.”
Meanwhile, myjoyonline.com reports that here have been some challenges with some distributors and distribution platforms, a reason for the non-payment of some royalties.
According to reports, some licensing agreements with some platforms have ended and that there have been a confusion over agreeing to new licensing agreements which are still being discussed.
