Compiled by C. ARUNO, KHOO GEK SAN and R. ARAVINTHAN
HIP-HOP singer Altimet will be donating all royalties from his song Aduh Malaysia to the family of Malaysian silver screen legend Tan Sri P. Ramlee, Utusan Malaysia reported.
Altimet, whose full name is Syed Ahmad Syed Abdul Rahman, said the family of the film icon will get the royalties for the next 50 years.
He said 2022 will be among the last years where the late entertainer’s family would enjoy royalties from his intellectual property.
“The rights expire 50 years after the creator dies,” he said.
Altimet said he had been planning to donate the royalties from his song since 2016 and had since improved the song.
The song Aduh Malaysia was inspired by P. Ramlee ‘s movie Ali Baba Bujang Lapok.
The all-round entertainer died in 1973 at the age of 44.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
