Weak laws, non-compliance with regulations and piracy top list of artistes’ woes
Copyright Society of Tanzania (Cosota), chief executive officer and copyright administrator, Doreen Anthony Sinare. PHOTO | COURTESY
Creative industries in East Africa are grappling with corruption and low staffing in collective management organisations, copyright infringement, broadcasters that do not pay royalties and ignorance of of their rights among artistes.
“There are governance issues in CMOs in Uganda. We receive complaints from the creators that CMOs collect royalties but do not pay the rightful owners. We have to balance between supporting CMOs and making sure that content creators are paid. Whoever owns rights should receive the royalties due to them,” said Jane Okot p’Bitek Langoya, the deputy registrar general (registries) at Uganda Registration Services Bureau.
