ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Copyright Act
29. Nature of copyright in broadcasts
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
29. Nature of copyright in broadcasts
Copyright in a broadcast shall be the exclusive right to control the doing in Kenya of any of the following copyright acts—(a)the fixation of the whole or a substantial part of the broadcast;(b)the rebroadcasting of the whole or a substantial part of the broadcast;(c)the communication to the public of the whole or a substantial part of a television broadcast either in its original form or in any form recognizably derived from the original;(d)retransmission of the broadcast over any network;(e)decrypting in any way or form any encrypted broadcast; or(f)any adaptation or modification by way of commentaries, or any unauthorised expropriation of the broadcast or pre-broadcast signal meant for reception by another broadcaster;Provided that—(i)the provisions of the Second Schedule in respect of general exceptions and limits and paragraph 1(c) with regard to education institutions shall apply mutatis mutandis to the copyright in a broadcast; and(ii)the copyright in a television broadcast shall include the right to control the taking of still photographs therefrom.