A Critical Analysis of Intellectual Property Rights in the Entertainment Industry in Uganda
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2024-05-28
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Uganda Christian University
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the applicability of copyright laws to authors and creators in Uganda. The public's negative opinions concerning the inadequate implementation of the Copyright and Neighboring Rights Act 2006 have made it difficult to enforce the law, even with government efforts to facilitate its enactment.
This research centers on infringement acts, their causes, the difficulties enforcement agencies encounter, and tactics and methods to enhance their application and pertinence in safeguarding the rights of musicians. The study's findings aim to ascertain if Uganda's copyright laws have been sufficient and current enough to shield copyright and related rights holders from infringement. The focus of this research stems from the reality that very few musicians receive a substantial revenue from the sale of their work through various channels. This phenomenon is mostly related to music piracy, which continues to be a source of great distress for numerous authors and copyright holders in Uganda.
A legislative framework that would allow artists to benefit from their hard work would be created by the World Intellectual Property Organization and its member states. Significant progress has been made in developed nations such as the United States and Europe, but in Uganda, where pirated music is ubiquitous throughout Kampala's streets, piracy and infringement appear to be persistent issues that could last for years to come.Inspite of the law’s enactment, infringement appears to be increasing.
This research will seek to examine the relevance of copyright law in curbing infringement in the music industry and reasons why infringement seems to be on the rise despite the law being enacted. The research will be considering these problems while trying to come up with practical solutions to help the state perform its duty to protect the rights of the musicians, thus the measures to improve on the copyright law enforcement in different ways and its implementation methods in order to enhance its usage and relevancy and create awareness about infringement and its emerging legal issues by finding credible long term and short term solutions to such problems as may be discovered.