Haiti - Culture : Soon 25,800 titles of Haitian musical works online on Diskòb
Emmelie Prophète, the Director General of the Haitian Bureau of Copyright (BHDA) has signed with the young internet platform for the distribution of Haitian music "Diskòb", represented by Andy Antoine Project Manager, a memorandum of understanding that will allow "Diskòb" to increase its catalog from 800 titles to 25,800 titles "This will allow us to transform Internet users in Haiti into potential customers for Haitian musicians," said Andy Antoine.
The condition, these works must be recorded at the BHDA and in return "Diskòb" will pay 50 cents per listening to the BHDA for the benefit of musicians. In this agreement "Diskòb has 3 months of implementation and 6 months of grace before implementing this provision," said Émmelie Prophète adding that wanting to be a platform in accordance with the law, this memorandum of understanding between "Diskòb and the BHDA reflects a concern for professionalism and transparency and confirms the Government's commitment to cultural actors while encouraging local investments for the benefit of Haitian music."
For his part, Andy Antoine has renewed the will of the initiators to institutionalize music production as a profession. He also made it clear that web users will be able to listen music, but will not be able to store it on their phone, or share it with others, saying it was to protect the rights of artists, and to control the music. dissemination of their works.
Andy Antoine recalls that the application Diskòb Mizik has already been downloaded more than 5,000 times on Playstore and that the website is regularly visited what he considers to be a good start.
