Copyright law in offing
Dec 02, 2005
THE Government is enacting a new copyright law to encourage and support private sector development, the State Minister for Information, Dr Nsaba Buturo, has said.
By Vision Reporter
THE Government is enacting a new copyright law to encourage and support private sector development, the State Minister for Information, Dr Nsaba Buturo, has said.
“The Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Bill 2004 is before Parliament. The new law also provides protection of neighbouring rights to stop copyright works from being improved or diversified into interesting things like novels into plays, movies or songs into musical drama,†Nsaba Buturo said in a speech read by the director of information, Kagole Kivumbi.
Kivumbi represented the minister at the closure of copyright forum at Hotel Africana in Kampala.
He said persons involved in transforming pieces of work need incentives in form of protection to benefit from their works.
“Katwe is home to some of Uganda’s best innovative minds in form of artisans and craftsmen whose innovations and contributions to global knowledge in science and technology go unrecognised and unprotected,†Kivumbi said.
“Poor countries have been unable to protect their innovations which are deemed inferior,†he said.
THE Government is enacting a new copyright law to encourage and support private sector development, the State Minister for Information, Dr Nsaba Buturo, has said.
“The Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Bill 2004 is before Parliament. The new law also provides protection of neighbouring rights to stop copyright works from being improved or diversified into interesting things like novels into plays, movies or songs into musical drama,†Nsaba Buturo said in a speech read by the director of information, Kagole Kivumbi.
Kivumbi represented the minister at the closure of copyright forum at Hotel Africana in Kampala.
He said persons involved in transforming pieces of work need incentives in form of protection to benefit from their works.
“Katwe is home to some of Uganda’s best innovative minds in form of artisans and craftsmen whose innovations and contributions to global knowledge in science and technology go unrecognised and unprotected,†Kivumbi said.
“Poor countries have been unable to protect their innovations which are deemed inferior,†he said.