In criminal infringement, an offender risks being jailed or fined heavily, or even both.
Section 36 (6) makes it an offence to sale works that require an authentication, failure of which a fine of a maximum of Sh800,000 or a term not exceeding 10 years, or both could be imposed..
Fair dealing exception in Kenya Copyright laws allows the public to use the work for the purposes of scientific research, private use, criticism or review, or the report- ing of current events subject to acknowledge- ment of the source..
AN ACT of Parliament to make provision for copyright in literary, musical and artistic works, audio-visual works, sound recordings, broadcasts and for connected purposes..
Fair dealing exception in Kenya Copyright laws allows the public to use the work for the purposes of scientific research, private use, criticism or review, or the report- ing of current events subject to acknowledge- ment of the source..
Fair use and fair dealing are exceptions applicable to the use of copyrighted works.
These exceptions allow third party use of copyrighted work without the owner's permission without raising copyright infringement claims..
In criminal infringement, an offender risks being jailed or fined heavily, or even both.
Section 36 (6) makes it an offence to sale works that require an authentication, failure of which a fine of a maximum of Sh800,000 or a term not exceeding 10 years, or both could be imposed..
The Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) is a State Corporation under the Office of the Attorney General & the Department of Justice..
This Act may be cited as the Copyright Act, 2001. (f) works of artistic craftsmanship, pictorial woven tissues and articles of applied handicraft and industrial art..
The copyright law in Kenya has so far not been strictly enforced, allowing users a reasonable degree of access through photocopying, which in most cases amounts to infringement under the current copyright law.
41 Compared to Article 66 of the Berne Convention on the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of 1886, Rome and Geneva, moral rights under the Copyright Act in Kenya are limited as the Act only protects the right of paternity and integration. 42 Section 31 of the Copyright Act.
Copyright Law in South Africa apply to computer programs, literary works, broadcasts, cinematographic films, artistic expressions such as:
The Copyright Act 1987 and Copyright (ammendment) Act 1997 are the reasons for the Malaysian copyright law.
It is understood as the law that allows one to do a particular work and order others also to do that same work at the individual’s will.
