AN ANALYSIS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COPYRIGHT LAW IN UGANDA.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ....................................................................................................................................... i

APPROVAL BY SUPERVISOR .............................................................................................................. ii

DEDICATION .................................................. : ...................................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................................... iv

TABLE OF ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................ v

LIST OF AUTHORITIES ........................................................................................................................ vi

LIST OF STATUTES ............................................................................................................................ viii

ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................................. ix

CHAPTER I ............................................................................................................................................. 1

1.1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................. 1

1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM ........................................................................................................... 2

1.3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................... 3

1.3.1 GENERAL OBJECTIVE ......................... : ....................................................................................... 3

1.3.2 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................ 3

1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY .................................................................................................... 3

1.5 Research question ................................................................................................................................ 4

1.6 LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................................... 4

CHAPTER2 ............................................................................................................................................. 9

2. I SIGNIFICANCE OF COPYRIGHT LAW IN UGANDA. ................................................................. 9

2.2 Applicability of the copyrights and neighboring rights Act... ........................................................... 10

2.3 Works eligible for copyright protection ............................................................................................ 13

2.4.1 CO-OWNERSHIP/JOINT AUTHORSHIP .................................................................................... 17

CHAPTER 3 ........................................................................................................................................... 18

AN OVERVIEW OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT ........................................................................ 18

3.1 Forms of copyright infringement ...................................................................................................... 20

CHAPTER 4 ........................................................................................................................................... 22

CAUSES OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT ..................................................................................... 22

4.1 Background ....................................................................................................................................... 22 

ABSTRACT 

Copy rights law as a branch of intellectual property has attracted need for protection of holder’s rights. However, the law has restricted the enjoyment of these rights by the holders by establishing and subjecting them to certain exceptions. As a result consumers of works by the copyright holders can obtain such works without prior permission of the rights holders. This has paved way for various cases of infringement of these rights. The research is based on the fact that there are various stakeholders to enable the protection of these rights yet there is still continued copyright infringement due to many reasons.