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Draft National Music Bill: Touted Solution to Artists’ Royalty Woes in Kenya

Photo credit: Julian Manjahi As alluded to in a previous blogpost here, the Draft National Music Bill 2016 has been...

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Enacting a Performers Protection Act in Kenya: Possible Solution in Post-Beijing Treaty Era

Image credit: Sessionville Following a previous blogpost here on the constitutionality of s30A of the Copyright Act and the role...

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Listening to the Skiza Tunes Millions: Section 30A of the Copyright Act Unconstitutional and Role of Collecting Societies

Image credit: YouTube Skiza or “sikiza” is the Kiswahili word for listen or pay attention. Skiza Tunes is a caller...

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Is Lack of Transparency and Accountability to Blame for Poor Performance by African CMOs?

African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) has recently published the findings of a survey on collective management organisations (CMOs) conducted...

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Music, Money and Middle Men: Changing Dynamics between Collecting Societies, Rights Holders and the Public

Disclosure: Back in the day when this blogger was young and naive, he worked both at Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) and...

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Caller Ringback Tones and Performance Royalties: Revisiting the Case of Irene Mutisya & Anor v. MCSK & Anor

In an earlier post, this blogger discussed the recent case of Nairobi High Court Civil Case No. 262 of 2015...

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