President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni approved the copyright management system over the weekend as a tool to protect artists and ensure they earn from their work.
The new technology was approved following a meeting with top officials and musicians, including Uganda National Musicians Federation president Eddy Kenzo and Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa, among others.
The system will register artists and their works, track music usage in bars and on media, specifically TVs and radios, and ensure that artists are paid for plays, ultimately ending music piracy.
However, the UMA President believes the system might hinder the growth of the music industry as it could become difficult for young artists to achieve a breakthrough.
She fears that radio and television stations might focus on established artists and ignore upcoming singers because they will have to pay to play their songs.
"Upcoming artists might struggle because if TV stations have to pay to play music, they will likely prioritize established musicians – music which has numbers – and leave out those struggling for a breakthrough," she partly explained in an interview with a local television station.
Cindy, however, remains grateful to the government for the steps taken and believes good things will eventually come.
"We have been pushing for copyright for a while, and now we don’t know if our ideas and interests were presented to the president. But at least, for now, we have a green light," she explained.