Sands judgment: E411 053 royalties spark SA court battle
MBABANE – A dispute over E411 053.80 in outstanding music royalties resulted in separate court proceedings in South Africa involving a company associated with entertainment promoter Phila Dlamini. This emerged in a High Court judgment delivered on Thursday in a copyright dispute involving award-winning musician Sandziso Matsebula, popularly known as Sands, ICON PB (Pty) Ltd and Kingdom Tales (Pty) Ltd. Sands emerged victorious in the High Court copyright dispute involving his debut album, Sands of Time. The High Court dismissed, with costs, an application by ICON PB (Pty) Ltd, a company associated with the entertainment promoter, Dlamini, which sought to be declared the owner of the album’s master recordings. High Court Judge Cyril Maphanga ruled that the company had failed to establish a…
