COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT ACT: WHAT’S NEW ON COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS?
November 20, 2019
By Cynthia Nzuki and Caroline Wanjiru Introduction In one of our previous blog posts (here), we tackled the legal framework…
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State Intervention on the Collective Management Organisations (CMO's) in Kenya: A Commentary on the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2018
August 30, 2019
By Caroline Wanjiru. In our previous post, we addressed the law as is on Collective Management Organisations (CMO’s). Now we’ll…
Regulation of Collective Management Organisations in Kenya: Understanding the Law as-is
August 27, 2019
By Caroline Wanjiru* From our previous post, we have described the various Collective Management Organizations’ (CMO’s) in Kenya. Briefly, CMOs…
The Collective Management Organisations in Kenya’s Creative Market
August 26, 2019
Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com licensed by CC 3.0 BY As part of CIPIT’s daily interactions with creatives, the…
Comments on Draft Copyright Amendment Bill 2017
February 14, 2018
The Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2017 is currently pending before Parliament (Committee stage). In the Bill, there are 13 areas of…
Inside the CMO – PERAK – KAHC Deal on Tariff for Hotels, Bars and Restaurants Part 4
November 1, 2017
The Copyright Act of 2001 is an Act of Parliament to make provision for copyright in literary, musical and artistic…
Copyright Board Obtains Court Order Stopping Music Society from Collecting Royalties
June 2, 2017
In earlier posts here and here, we explained how Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) appears to be engaged in…
Collecting Society Wants Copyright Board Directors Jailed for Alleged Contempt of Court
May 29, 2017
In a recent newspaper advert, Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) published a Court Order and a public notice (as pictured…
2017-2018 Tariffs for Collecting Societies Gazetted
May 4, 2017
The Attorney General has approved and gazetted new tariffs for collective management organisations (CMOs) in the music industry which will…
Kenya Copyright Board Registers MPAKE as Collecting Society for Authors, Composers and Publishers of Musical Works
March 30, 2017
Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) has registered a new collective management organisation (CMO) to collect license fees and distribute royalties on…