In this episode, Njeri is in conversation with Wandiri Karimi, an intellectual property expert and the Director,  Kenya  Conservatoire of Music.

Kenya's  National Assembly recently exempted Kenyan artists from the 25% excise duty following a  proposal for an amendment in the Finance Bill 2021 as well as an amendment to the Copyright Act which will see artists taking the bulk of revenue generated from the sales of the ring-back tunes. Why is this ruling significant, when and how will it be enforced and what does this mean for Kenyan content creators?

Wandiri and Njeri have a wide-ranging conversation about content creators vs telecoms & tech companies including arising copyright issues as more creative works are shared/published on digital online platforms, from going viral to signing endorsements, should content creators be celebrating or are they still getting the short end of the stick? Awareness of copyright laws concerns around privacy esp around children or unwitting subjects of viral videos/memes & instances where this content is monetized, and finally, what have been some of the common copyright and IP infringement cases in Kenya lately.

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