COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT ACT: WHAT’S NEW ON COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS?
By Cynthia Nzuki and Caroline Wanjiru Introduction In one of our previous blog posts (here), we tackled the legal framework of collective management organizations (CMOs). At that time, the existing law that informed our discussion was the Copyright Act, No.12…
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Court Rules Public Performance and Communication to the Public Licenses Are Distinct Under Copyright
On February 14, 2014 in the case of Nairobi Pacific Hotel vs KAMP & PRISK CMCC 7240 of 2013, the court dismissed an application filed...
Read MoreCopyright Board To Review Guidelines for Collective Management Organisations
This blogger has learned that KECOBO is in the process of the review its CMO Guidelines titled “Guidelines for Licensing Collective Management Organisations”. These CMO...
Read MoreAnton Piller Orders Issued Against Major Broadcasters for Intellectual Property Rights Breach
BREAKING: @PoliceKE in the company of @theMCSK raids @onefmke for copyright infringement in their broadcasting operations! — Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) (@TheMCSK) January...
Read MoreContent Licensing Requires Salesmanship: Lessons from the Banned "Wolf of Wall Street"
One of the most talked about stories in the month of January was the decision by the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) to ban the...
Read MoreKenya Copyright Board and Collecting Societies: Myths and Facts
The subject of this article is to critically analyse some of the questionable statements made by KECOBO in the latest edition of its newsletter, “Copyright...
Read MoreLessons from MCSN – NCC Saga in Nigeria: Can Music Copyright Society of Kenya Administer Rights Without Government License?
…there has been a bickering and attendant judicial skirmish over who is the sole Collector in Nigeria, at the time of penning this piece, the...
Read MoreKenya Introduces Alternative Licensing Regime For Use of Copyrighted Music in Public Places
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__nlw1GONgQ] A collecting society like the Music Copyright Society of Kenya has three main sources of revenue: license fees, surcharge and membership registration fees....
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