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Kakoma and Another v Attorney General (Civil Appeal 50 of 2011) [2019] UGCA 2099 (15 July 2019)
The Court of Appeal held that the National Anthem composition was created under government direction, copyright vested in government, and later expired into the public domain.
Mwambusya & Another v Museveni (Application 25 of 2010) [2013] UGRSB 1 (14 February 2013)
The Registrar found that the objectors had locus standi to object to the registration of copyright in the applicant's work, as provided by Regulation 6(1) of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Regulations, 2010. On the substantive issues, the Registrar held that the applicant's musical work 'You want another rap' qualifies as a derivative work under Section 5(2) of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act, 2006. The work was found to be original in its expression, combining traditional folk songs with modern beats and rap, and thus meeting the threshold for copyright protection. The Regis…
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