An agreement has been signed between the Kenya Association of Music Producers (KAMP) and the Performers Rights Society of Kenya (PRISK) which will see small retail audio-visual shops remit license fees to the two associations.
The two collective management organisations are licensed by the Kenya Copyright Board to collect royalties on behalf of their members, the rights holders of producers of sound recordings and performers of audio and audio-visual works.
Artists and perfomers must be members of the Kenya Intellectual Property Alliance (KIPA)
According to KAMP general manager June Gichuhi the agreement will enable the association members to benefit from their works that have so long been infringed upon.
“The aim of signing this agreement is to provide for the members of KAMP and PRISK their right to be remunerated for their works which for a long time have been infringed upon. This will also serve as a partnership between the three bodies being KAMP, PRISK and KIPA,” she said.
PRISK on its part says the agreement will ensure more compliance in the industry.
“With this agreement in place KAMP and PRISK intend to achieve 100% compliance from this sector knowing well that they form part of the larger commercial consumers of their members’ works,” said Angela Ndambuki, PRISK General Manager.
This is according to the Copyright Act 2001 Laws of Kenya under section 46 (2), authorising the right to collect fees by relevant bodies.
