OUR STATEMENT ON THE COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT BILL SIGNED INTO LAW BY H.E PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA.

The Kenya Music Copyright Society of Kenya has received with great joy the signing into law by His Excellency the President, the Copyright (Amendment) Law 2021 which confers great benefits to artists through the ring back tunes.

The new law provides for a fair formula for sharing of revenue from ring back tunes between artists/copyright holders and telecommunication companies.

The law opens new opportunities for musicians to reap the full dividends of digital migration by ensuring that musicians are entitled to the lion’s share of the moneies generated from ring back tunes.

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