KOMPRO, an Independent Management Entity (IME) and a subsidiary of Negre Marron Records in NYC, stands for "Keeping Opportunities Moving, Promoting Representation in Organizations."
It is an empowering entity that functions as a MRO for underrepresented Haitian indies and DIY artists, ensuring fair compensation and recognition for their creative work. KOMPRO serves as a central authority, authorized to collect mechanical rights royalties directly without intermediaries.
It handles most mechanical licensing and collections in Haitian music, including cross-territorial collections. Non-members of KOMPRO must license directly for mechanical collections.
The public performance collections are managed by another entity called SCOMPAM. Together, KOMPRO and SCOMPAM work to ensure comprehensive rights management and fair royalties for Haitian indie artists and DIY musicians.
Our slogan, ‘ "Empowering Haitian Indies, Driving Music Revolution.’
This organization, founded by CEO and Label Director René Guemps, is dedicated to empowering and promoting the interests of Haitian indie artists and DIY musicians.
It is an empowering entity that functions as a MRO for underrepresented Haitian indies and DIY artists, ensuring fair compensation and recognition for their creative work. KOMPRO serves as a central authority, authorized to collect mechanical rights royalties directly without intermediaries.
It handles most mechanical licensing and collections in Haitian music, including cross-territorial collections. Non-members of KOMPRO must license directly for mechanical collections.
The public performance collections are managed by another entity called SCOMPAM. Together, KOMPRO and SCOMPAM work to ensure comprehensive rights management and fair royalties for Haitian indie artists and DIY musicians.
Our slogan, ‘ "Empowering Haitian Indies, Driving Music Revolution.’
This organization, founded by CEO and Label Director René Guemps, is dedicated to empowering and promoting the interests of Haitian indie artists and DIY musicians.
"Thanks to KOMPRO's efforts in keeping opportunities moving and promoting representation in organizations, underrepresented Haitian indie musicians and DIY artists can now directly collect their mechanical rights royalties, while SCOMPAM handles the public performance collections for their music."
by Negre Marron Records May 26, 2023
KomPRO stands for Kompa Performance Rights Organization.
founded in NYC by Negre Marron Records CEO and Label director René Guemps.
KomPRO is a public performance rights organization located in New York City that monitors and collects public performance royalty payments
for the public performance broadcast of Terrestrial, Commercial or Community Radio, Low-power broadcasting or Microbroadcasting, (SubCarriers), and similar platforms that streams Haitian Kompa Music over both AM/FM bands and pay it to Haitian Kompa Song writers, artists, nonfeatured musicians and nonfeatured vocalists, producer, mixer, or sound engineer who was part of the creative process behind the sound recording.
founded in NYC by Negre Marron Records CEO and Label director René Guemps.
KomPRO is a public performance rights organization located in New York City that monitors and collects public performance royalty payments
for the public performance broadcast of Terrestrial, Commercial or Community Radio, Low-power broadcasting or Microbroadcasting, (SubCarriers), and similar platforms that streams Haitian Kompa Music over both AM/FM bands and pay it to Haitian Kompa Song writers, artists, nonfeatured musicians and nonfeatured vocalists, producer, mixer, or sound engineer who was part of the creative process behind the sound recording.
Annabel
"Gee! I wonder if KOMPRO is going to go after all those Pirate radio station operating in NYC, New Jersey, Connecticut, Boston and Miami and New Orleans for the public performances royalties of their members?"
Jojo
"Yeah, I 'm wondering the samething, tgey're more tgan 12 of them in Brooklyn alone."
"Gee! I wonder if KOMPRO is going to go after all those Pirate radio station operating in NYC, New Jersey, Connecticut, Boston and Miami and New Orleans for the public performances royalties of their members?"
Jojo
"Yeah, I 'm wondering the samething, tgey're more tgan 12 of them in Brooklyn alone."
by Negre Marron Records November 20, 2018