The Recording Industry Association of Trinidad and Tobago (RIATT) is the trade association representing the business and legal interest of local record labels, music production companies, executive producers, recording artists, groups, bands, musicians involved in the recording of all genres of music in Trinidad and Tobago. The Organization was established in 1996 as a non - profit organization to promote the development of the local music industry. RIATT’s
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'LOBBYING
FOR THE "PERFORMANCE RIGHT" FOR PRODUCERS, ARTISTES AND
MUSICIANS ' |
| The Cultural Industry's Submission For The National Budget 2010/11 August 30th 2010 Over 20 artist representatives signed and delivered the final figures of a Cultural Sector Master plan for the National Budget to the Honourable Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar on Friday August 27th 2010. Artist Coalition Welcomes New Government May 25th 2010 The Artist Coalition of Trinidad and Tobago (ACTT) would like to welcome our new Prime Minister the Honourable Ms. Kamla Persard-Bissessar, the first elected female Prime Minister of our blessed nation. We also congratulate the People’s Partnership on their victory in the 2010 General Election. Arts and Entertainment A Necessity For Campaigns But Still Not Priority For Overall Development May 21st 2010 The Recording Industry Association Of Trinidad and Tobago (RIATT), hold the view that our political leaders are not enthusiastic about the development of entertainment as an industry than they are about using it as a tool to fuel their election campaigns. Artiste Coalition (ACTT) to Present Cultural Sector Legislative Agenda April 15th 2010 The Artiste Coalition Of Trinidad and Tobago (ACTT) has embarked on an initiative to present a cultural sector legislative agenda to parties contesting the 2010 national elections. March 18th 2010 The Recording Industry Association Of Trinidad and Tobago (RIATT) is calling on the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs to provide the details of the consultations held for the construction of National Academy of the Performing Arts (NAPA)....
RIATT calls for Transparency in dismissal of T&T ENT's Board. March 10th 2010 It has come to our attention that several directors of the board of the Trinidad and Tobago Entertainment Company Ltd ,T&T ENT, have been removed. RIATT trusts that the Ministry of Trade would exercise utmost transparency in the replacement process...... RIATT to Launch Fairplay in Airplay Campaign March 1st 2010 The Recording Industry association of T&T (RIATT)
is turning the heat up as it embarks on a campaign to secure fair
amounts of airplay for new and upcoming artistes. Were you satisfied
with the musical offerings of carnival 2k10? Is it fair to say,
it’s the best we had to offer when there were many potential
songs that never got the chance to be heard?....... Beyonce in Trinidad. A wasted Opportunity if not Pursued. January 6th 2010 The Recording Industry Association of Trinidad and Tobago (RIATT) is querying whether Beyonce’s concert will result in gains for local artistes. Allegations of Corrupt Producers December 17th 2009 The Recording Industry Association of Trinidad and Tobago (RIATT) support some of the statements made by the Artiste Bunji Garlin that suggests there are unethical and questionable activities within the Music Industry that has to be addressed. We admire his initiative in publicly addressing his concerns regarding the lack of proper industry protocol. RIATT Calls for Cultural Policy December 8th 2009 RIATT would like to express its disappointment in the Ministry of Culture and Community Development which has now found itself to be in the centre of public scrutiny and outcry over its Financial Assistance Studies Programme.
RIATT Has New Board Of Directors. March 2nd 2009 RIATT is pleased to announce that at its general assembly meeting held on Sunday 1st March 2009, a new board of directors was elected and they are as follows..
For over a decade, RIATT has been lobbying for the right for Producers and Performers to be paid whenever their recordings are played over the radio or at a restaurant. This right to payment could only have been exercised when Trinidad and Tobago became a signatory to World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT). Home Video Cabinet appointed Committee not a holistic approach to Entertainment's Industry Piracy Issues September 4th 2008 RIATT expresses its dissatisfaction in the Intellectual Property Office’s approach to remedy the country’s piracy problem. Again this shows the incompetence of the decision makers of the IPO office. "They need to evolve and bring themselves up to speed with the present technological environment". Trinidad and Tobago finally acceded to World Intellectual Property Organisation Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) August 29th 2008 RIATT is pleased to inform its members that the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify him of the deposit by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, on August 28, 2008, of its instrument of accession to the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, adopted at Geneva on December 20, 1996. RIATT Launches Attack on Ministry of Legal Affairs Intellectual Property Office (IPO) July 7th 2008 The Recording Industry Association of Trinidad and Tobago would like to express its dissatisfaction and frustration with the ambivalent attitude of the Ministry of Legal affairs Intellectual Property Office ..... RIATT to Provide Annual Report Showing Status of Local Music Industry May 19th 2008 RIATT is presently venturing into a project that consists of monitoring and analyzing our local recording industry. We are aware that various..... RIATT Supports Newly formed Neighboring/Related Rights Organisation May 9th 2008 The Recording Industry
Association of Trinidad and Tobago (RIATT) fully endorses the establishment
of newly formed Neighboring/Related Rights Organization known as
ReRAPP. Copyright Amendment Bill 2008 Passed. May 5th 2008 After years of extensive lobbying, the Copyright Amendment Bill 2008 was passed in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The bill will.......... |
