Netflix, Hulu and Cross-Border Copyright Infringement
This year, Netflix, the popular American multinational subscription video on demand (SVoD) internet streaming media service provider announced that it’s service has gone live globally....
Read MoreSocial Media and the Law in the Context of Family
You have to show cause for your existence in this age by leaving gushing parental footprints online. You have to fulfil your purpose on earth...
Read MoreCIPIT Launches Africa ICT Policies Database
by Moses Karanja** This week CIPIT launched an Africa ICT Policies database available online here. The interactive database provides users with laws, policies, regulations, constitutions...
Read MoreWorld Intellectual Property Day 2016: Technological Revolution Defines our Culture, the Past and Present
By Isaac Rutenberg** For generations, “culture” was a relatively static concept; culture was so static, in fact, that “culture” and “life” were essentially indistinguishable. For...
Read MoreCIPIT Hosts Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) Project Case Studies Launch
Earlier this month, Strathmore University Law School’s Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology (CIPIT) hosted a three day workshop to launch the case studies...
Read MoreAfrican Royalties Low According to Global Collections Report
The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) has released its Global Collections Report, revealing that, against a backdrop of continued economic uncertainty,...
Read MoreStrengthening the Copyright Regime for Film and Broadcast Industry
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) have taken a lead role in the development of a Copyright Regulatory Framework for...
Read MoreOpen Innovation in Africa: A Recipe for Death of Tech Start-ups?
The world today is flooded with good ideas. Some come from large, mature, well-organized companies. Some come from basement startups. Many are innovative. Some are...
Read MorePart 2 Towards a Governance Theory of Copyright: Sound Recordings
By Samuel Ugwumba* In Part 1 here, I argued for what I have termed a ‘Governance Theory of Copyright.’ The core features of this emergent...
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