Samuprotect vows to protect artists from piracy

We are living in a word of technology, where illegal sharing, downloading and selling of music, videos or films have become normal practice.

A local organisation, South African Music Protection or SAMUProtect, has taken a vow to fight against piracy and to also help honour unrecognised, hardworking legends in the entertainment industry.

Recently, the SAMUProtect organisation raided the streets of Nzhelele, where they collected and burned 15 bags of pirated discs, which are normally called matenten in the streets.

“We have managed to take on guys who are selling illegal music in Nzhelele. With the help and planning from our team, we are going to be hard at work in fighting piracy. We know that piracy is stealing, and it is one of the main reasons why our artists die poor,” said the chairperson of SAMUProtect, Mr Daniel Nthambeleni Rambau.

“We don't want people to gain from other people's hard work, because this is killing our artists. Government is doing nothing about it and what is more painful is that people who are supposed to protect our artists are the ones who are buying this pirated work,” he added.

Entertainment - Date: 21 October 2019

Maanda Bele

Maanda  Bele, born and raised in Nzhelele Siloam, studied journalism at the Tshwane University of Technology.

He is passionate about current news and international affairs.

He worked as part of the Zoutnet team as an intern in 2017.

He is currently a freelance journalist specialising in news from the Vhembe district.

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