Artistes receiving small fraction of RM680m in royalties raked in


PETALING JAYA: The music industry collected almost RM680mil in copyright fees over the last 10 years but performers complain that they get very little of the money.

The Performers Rights and In­­terest Society of Malaysia (PRISM) Bhd says the recording companies get the bulk of the copyright fees, with some artistes claiming they only get a few hundred riggit a year, and others alleging that that they received no money at all.

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