Uganda: ARTISTS and writers have been urged to form a collective management organisation to protect their copyrights.
The registrar of companies in charge of copyright, Juliet Nassuna, said this would enable artists and writers become more efficient and gain economically from their works.
Collective management is a system used in developed countries to manage copyrights.
Nassuna said collective management organisations play an important role in the dissemination of culture by making works of artists and authors available to the public.
“The rights owners become members of such organisations, which are responsible for giving licenses to users,” she said
Nasuna was speaking at a seminar on copyright and collective rights management at Hotel Triangle in Kampala on Wednesday.
Participants said copyright enforcers should check photocopying, which they said takes place without the authority of authors and publishers and poses a threat to the printing and publishing industry.
Source: New Vision
The registrar of companies in charge of copyright, Juliet Nassuna, said this would enable artists and writers become more efficient and gain economically from their works.
Collective management is a system used in developed countries to manage copyrights.
Nassuna said collective management organisations play an important role in the dissemination of culture by making works of artists and authors available to the public.
“The rights owners become members of such organisations, which are responsible for giving licenses to users,” she said
Nasuna was speaking at a seminar on copyright and collective rights management at Hotel Triangle in Kampala on Wednesday.
Participants said copyright enforcers should check photocopying, which they said takes place without the authority of authors and publishers and poses a threat to the printing and publishing industry.
Source: New Vision
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