Intellectual property is an internationally agreed system of incentives to support creators and innovators to release products useful for improved human experience. The types recognised under the Kenyan legal system include patents, trademarks, copyright and design rights. Copyright law protects products of authorship in the form of music, film, publishing and other arts. The main right in the copyright law is the one to ‘copy’ that authors and owners hold. The unauthorised access onto the online platforms of the mainstream media is an infringement of copyright, or piracy.

Source: Daily Nation May 03, 2020 20:26 UTC