Barbados continues to place increasing official focus on the importance of sensitizing its creative community to the importance of closing licensing deals for the protection of their intellectual property.
The island’s Minister of Culture Stephen Lashley has been the latest government official to publicly pronounce on the importance of licensing deals being understood by artistes from an early age.
At a January 9 Workshop titled Caribbean Music – Sync or Swim in Bridgetown, Lashley spoke with musicians about the nexus between understanding copyright law and securing commercial success as