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Uganda's Copyright Moment: What Happens When the Speaker Owns a Radio Station linkedin.com/pulse/ugandas-… Geoffrey Ekongot's piece on the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Bill is something that I have been thinking about ever since I read it. Not because it surprised me. Because it confirmed something I have watched play out in policy rooms for years, that the biggest threat to good legislation is rarely bad drafting. It is the moment when commercial interests find a seat at the table before the people the law is meant to protect do. Radio stations should pay royalties to artists. Full stop. When a station plays a song, it is not doing the artist a favour. It is using a product that someone created, invested in, and owns. That product draws listeners. Those listeners attract advertisers. Those advertisers pay the station. The artist sits at the beginning of that entire value chain and currently receives almost nothing from it. In what other industry do we accept that the person whose work generates the revenue is the one who goes unpaid? Clause 9 of this Bill exists to fix exactly that. It is not experimental legislation. It is the standard that operates in Kenya, South Africa, the UK, and across the EU. Every serious creative economy has this foundation. Uganda has been the exception for too long. What gave me genuine respect was Honorable Rachael Magoola's response on the floor. She did not debate the principle, she grounded it in reality. The broadcaster chose to use the work. That choice carries an obligation. She also pointed to something Parliament apparently did not know that Uganda has already built and demonstrated monitoring technology capable of tracking every song played on every station in the country. The infrastructure exists. The legal obligation is what remains. That gap between what exists and what legislators understand is exactly where the IP community needs to be more present. I have advised governments, trained institutions, and engaged with WIPO on policy. One thing I know is that copyright law does not enforce itself through good intentions. It requires legislators who understand what intellectual property actually means for an economy, for jobs, for digital revenue, for investment, and for the artists who have for too long been described, from that very floor, as beggars. The Committee Stage is where this Bill will be won or lost. That is where we need to show up, IP lawyers, collecting societies, industry associations, advocates, and have the conversation properly, before the vote, not after it. To Honorable Rachael Magoola, the creative community sees you. Keep going.

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Ntv: copyright law passed NBS: Bobi hides as Kenzo fights for his music Bukedde: music omuvundu kati agula buwanana

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So where does the copyright law leave the live band performances in Bars?

We've created this weird narrative that somehow all artists are 'dumb'. Art doesn't simply happen. Its craft, vision and Intelligence. People who have created outstanding art but society today creates a narrative that somehow idk, they just got lucky?! And then we expect them to go along with this fake modesty so that you will like them more. Newsflash, you don't 'cook' something from scratch if you're a dummy or by accident. The audience's attribution to this narrative may have been driven from the few bad apples in the industry but it should never be generalized. With all due respect, you sell phones but your somehow all knowing because your what?? steve jobs?? Artists are the 'Steve Jobs' the creators and innovators but you're just a guy at the end of the production line who happens to have an X account with a few followers and can type decent sentences.

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This is far from the truth. Artists want money to be collected under one collective body. A radio station, for example, pays one fee to the collective body, which is a percentage of the revenue. The percentage can be either 2% or 5%, depending on the agreed upon number.A small radio station pays a smaller fee, compared to the big one. The model scales with capacity. We are confusing direct licensing with collective licensing. Direct licensing can work for an individual artist, but it can't work for the whole country and the music ecosystem. The collective body also has an obligation to pay royalties to international artists and also collect international royalties for Ugandan artists which negates the idea that stations can just play international music, they can but they will still have to pay them. This very system has been operating in countries like South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania and even Kenya for over a decade.

@The_african_CLD Do you actually believe this?

@b2centug Government has given more money to artist organizations than it has to many other entities it’s just that creatives are so greedy and only think when they have lost everything

The government has been recently promoting 'BUBU' how does that cross to Arts?? Traders can go to china and acquire cheaper products, why do we encourage production here?? This law should ensure that the station plays 80% local music, this is the same thing that the President has been stressing with 'BUBU' The reason why these people refuse to acknowledge that Art requires compensation is because they own Radios and TVs, their so self-centred, selfish and greedy. Our audience consumes entertainment more than anything else, you know this; why don't we compensate those who produce it?

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@Shealwaysdoesit we have this underlying problem of fighting things we barely understand. Copyright protects everyone even the TV and Radio stations however greed blinds even the best opportunities.

What’s the anti copyright bill propaganda about that I am seeing on my TL? Like on a serious note explain to me why you’d be against it? And If you just don’t want to be a beneficiary just stay away and quiet? It’s really that simple.

Showing up to Parliament on Tuesday like.

What happened in Parliament recently as they discussed Copyright Law is a clear indication of leaders detached from society. In a population dominated by young people, we have boomers making decisions on things they can't comprehend. They make no research, have no desire to uplift anyone except themselves. These selfish individuals refuse to understand the advantages of copyright because they own Radios and TV stations, imagine the argument that 'we can't pay royalties for using your Art because the radio is helping you.' Absurd. ART IS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, NOT JUST ENTERTAINMENT.

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