HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT ON NON-CONSENSUAL USE OF A PERSON’S IMAGE
HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT ON NON-CONSENSUAL USE OF A PERSON’S IMAGE

  Graduations are big occasions. They’re a stage in one’s life when one gets thrust into completely unchartered territory. The ceremonies are just as grandeur. The whole event is usually recorded and live streamed … and oh the photographs! These photographs will often flood your social media timelines like an unhinged tsunami intent on flattening any structure and fixture in its path. One thing is for sure though, one thing that cannot be swept away in an instant, is the use of your image and associated rights without proper justification. At the heart of this story and High Court…

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The Influencer Phenomenon
The Influencer Phenomenon

  Image from Pinterest It’s an ‘end-of-the-month’ type of Friday, and a group of friends is gathered at an apartment somewhere in Nairobi taking stock of their weeks. There’s a feeling of exhaustion and a need to unwind in the air. This said gathering is in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in Nairobi, where streets are orderly and immaculate; where the strays aren’t called ‘Osama’ or ‘Sonko’; a neighborhood where there is a canopy of trees lined up and down the sidewalk, throughout, from the moment you enter the street all the way to the exit. It’s evening by the way,…

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WE GO FURTHER WHEN WE GO TOGETHER

In recognizing that the Kenya Copyright Board is a State Corporation under the Office of the Attorney General & the Department of Justice established by section 3 of the Copyright Act 2001 and mandated with the administration and enforcement of copyright and related rights, we felt that they would be the ideal partner to involve every time we wanted to conduct our trainings as ArtLawKenya; more specifically on the topic of copyright and related rights.

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Azimio Coalition’s use of the Sauti Sol track ‘Extravaganza’.
Azimio Coalition’s use of the Sauti Sol track ‘Extravaganza’.

The essence of the track ‘Extravaganza’ that premiered on the 28th of May 2019 essentially captures the soul and spirit of the ‘ Kenyan life of the party’. The witty, authentic and heavily Kenyan-infused lyrics are undisputable attention grabbers, because if you think about it – ‘wakaita makanjo, kumbe sisi ndio huwalipa salo’ is genius! But alas, this piece today is neither centered on the go-about of nighttime revelers, nor is it a critique of the aesthetics that are inherent in music. Bluntly, I am writing this article against the backdrop of a recent unveiling of a presidential candidate…

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