Ugandan Gov’t to Unveil E-Commerce Platform for Artists to Sell Music as Ban on Shows Persists

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By Gloria

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The Ugandan government has announced plans to enforce a copyright law in the country to ensure that artists’ works are protected and earn them money.

As a way of mitigating the negative effects of the pandemic on the entertainment scene, the Ugandan government is set to unveil an E-commerce a platform where artists will upload their content and earn from it.

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State Minister for Gender and Culture, Peace Mutuuzo noted that the E-Commerce platform will rely on the Copyright laws being formulated in order to have artists earn from their work, since most are currently unable to work due to the pandemic.

"We are going to work on a digital platform where every creator will be able to register their properties online and we shall be able to enforce the copyright law to ensure that the royalties are collected together. They will be able to continuously earn out of their work," Mutuuzo said.

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“You will be able to download the intellectual entertaining property for a small fee to sustain those in the practicing industry. It may be songs that dropped long ago but it's time for them to reap out of their property which on many occasions have been downloaded free of charge," he added.

The new platform is set to largely reduce consumption of Ugandan music and entertainment content from illegal websites.

"Instead of getting a CD for free, you will be downloading at a fee and the money goes back to be distributed along the chain so that the money doesn't leave the creators out,” he opined.