{"id":2379,"date":"2022-05-25T08:44:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T04:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goc2020.govmu.org\/masa\/?page_id=2379"},"modified":"2022-05-27T14:11:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T10:11:28","slug":"the-institution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/masa.govmu.org\/masa\/?page_id=2379","title":{"rendered":"The Institution"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2379\" class=\"elementor elementor-2379\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-463eb549 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"463eb549\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42c45cce\" data-id=\"42c45cce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f97f4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f97f4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a2aff6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a2aff6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2c18ad\" data-id=\"e2c18ad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f9dbb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f9dbb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MASA was established under the Copyright Act 1986. Subsequently, it was replaced by the Rights Management Society under the Copyright Act 2014. The appellation was amended and reverted to MASA under the Copyright Act 2014 as amended in 2017. The main function of MASA is to collectively manage the rights of its members and those of members of sister-societies.<\/p><p>Over 5000 creators in the field of music, audiovisual, theatrical, publishing, literary and other-works are members and associate-members, respectively, to MASA.<\/p><p>MASA works under the umbrella of the International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies (CISAC) and the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisation (IFRRO).<\/p><p>MASA has entered into reciprocal agreements with 43 foreign collective management organisations including SAMRO (South Africa), PRS (England), SACEM (France), UBC (Brazil), IPRS (India), ASCAP (USA), BMI (USA), APRA-AMCOS (Australasian), GEMA (Germany), SUISA (Switzerland), amongst others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27b3d59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27b3d59\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93f8397\" data-id=\"93f8397\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7da180 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7da180\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mission<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15624e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15624e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>To efficiently and effectively exercise and enforce the collection and distribution of royalties for the benefit of its members.<\/li><li>To play a leading role in the African region and in the unification of African cultural acors especially with the challenges brought by a more high-tech era.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06a5bd6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06a5bd6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3173ff2\" data-id=\"3173ff2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbe1b51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bbe1b51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vision<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a015c25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a015c25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To make arts and culture the vector boosting cultural diversity, through better promotion and protection of artists\u2019 interests, as an impetus of economic development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cb0e51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6cb0e51\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e592cb9\" data-id=\"e592cb9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8696d41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8696d41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Objectives<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c78a3d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c78a3d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>To professionally administer with excellence the Copyrights and Neighbouring rights of Rights Owners.<\/li><li>To represent, defend and maximise the interest of all creators of Artistic, Literary and scientific works so that they are duly remunerated.<\/li><li>To enable its members\/ creators to contribute in a sustainable cultural industry in Mauritius.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60d484a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60d484a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b59aae4\" data-id=\"b59aae4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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Subsequently, it was replaced by the Rights Management Society under the Copyright Act 2014. The appellation was amended and reverted to MASA under the Copyright Act 2014 as amended in 2017. The main function of MASA is to collectively manage the rights of its members &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/masa.govmu.org\/masa\/?page_id=2379\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Institution<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2379","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masa.govmu.org\/masa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masa.govmu.org\/masa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masa.govmu.org\/masa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masa.govmu.org\/masa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masa.govmu.org\/masa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2379"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/masa.govmu.org\/masa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2849,"href":"https:\/\/masa.govmu.org\/masa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2379\/revisions\/2849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masa.govmu.org\/masa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}