IMPRA (Independent Music Performance Rights Association), a dedicated collective management organization (CMO) specializing in the collection and distribution of needle time royalties. Background/History of IMPRA
IMPRA a non-profit company is accredited by the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry), CIPC (Companies and Intellectual Property Commission Office) as a Collecting Society with a clear
mandate of Needle-Time collection and distribution. Furthermore IMPRA’s membership is also opened to individual players, like producers or performers, who may not necessarily belong to any formation or structure. IMPRA as a new player and a game changer with regards to Royalty regime, is supported by the independents, performers, the South African Government in particular the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture (DSAC), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Communications (DOC), and some of the regions in the Continent, like Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho and Nigeria. IMPRA have achieved massive strides and is in an advanced stage of processing and finalizing reciprocal agreements on behalf of producers and performers from neighboring countries, such as Botswana (COSBOTS), Namibia (NASCAM), to name a few.
