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played what song. In addition, CA was directed that renewal of licenses for various broadcasters and providers be pegged to those who had paid the artistes royalties.
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a href="http://www.parliament.go.ke/sites/default/files/2018-09/COPYRIGHT%20%28AMENDMENT%29%20BILL.pdf"><span style="color:blue">http://www.parliament.go.ke/sites/default/files/2018-09/COPYRIGHT%20%28AMENDMENT%29%20BILL.pdf</span></a> </span></p>
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Take down notice. </span></p>
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<i>35 (B) (g) </i>requires a complainant to <i>attach an affidavit or any other declaration attesting to claim of ownership, validity of the rights, good faith and setting out any efforts to have entities responsible for making the content available to remove
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<b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">(h) be copied to the Board, Communication Authority and the recognised umbrella association of service providers.</span></i></b></p>
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"Times New Roman"">In 35 (B) (4), an Internet
<i>Service Provider shall, upon receipt of a valid takedown notice, notify the person responsible for making available the alleged infringing content and provide them with a copy of the notice as soon as is practicable.
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<i>the Internet Service provider shall disable access to the material within forty-eight business hours unless it receives a counter notice fulfilling the requirements set out for a takedown notice and contesting the contents of the takedown notice.</i></span></p>
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"Times New Roman"">See, an artiste can complain, but a service provider can receive a counter notice. How does this
help to protect copyright? </span></p>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212121">This issue of exploitation of creatives has gone on for long. Should we not be thinking through of better ways that do not claw back on formal complaints? </span></p>
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Will the moving of the music copyright office from AG to ICT Ministry cure the exploitation problem? </div>
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