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GENERAL INFORMATION Copyright Law The Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act No. 19 of 2006 Responsible body Uganda Registration Services Bureau International Treaties TRIPS Agreement and Universal Copyright Convention Stipulations on traditional Cultural Expressions/Folklore Sections 2 and 5 of the Act provide for folklore as eopyrightable works Pending legislation Regulations to the Act Domestication of the TRIPS Agreement Accession to Berne Convention and WCT RIGHT TO REPROGRAPHY Right of reproduction Section 2 of the Act - "means the making of one or more copies of a work or sound recording" Right of Reprographic reproduction No special stipulation is made in the Act about reprography as a terra Exceptions to the right of reproduction Section 17 - Non- Exclusive licence. A Ugandan citizen or resident may apply to the Minister for non-exclusive Licence to: reproduce or cause to be reproduced a work which is published or make and publish a translation of a work on certain conditions Fair Use Section 15 provides that it is not an iniingement of the right of author and consent is not required Use should be for private personal use Quotations should be acknowledged Education, public news, broadcasts, political speeches, judicial proceedings, lectures, sermons etc are examples of Fair use COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF RIGHTS Regulations or management of rights Part VII of the Act provides for: registration, deregistration, criteria requirements, financial standards, and management of Collecting Societies. Registration under the Companies Act Core objects clause of a CMO - promotion of the economic and social interests of its members through defending their copyright and neighbouring right interests. Initial registration to be on probation until the Society proves that it is functioning to best practices Government Control Registration process supervised by government agency, Financial Audit statements to be approved by Registrar Registrar may appoint auditor if society fails to do so. Budget of the Society to be submitted to the Registrar for opinion before it is presented to members Registrar to approve investment of funds Registrar has powers of inspection of Affairs of any Society at anytime Registrar can hold an inquiry or direct an inspector to look into the affairs of the Society PRINT AND PUBLISHING MARKET Publishing of books There are many publishing houses but no numbers are available for this report Publishing of Newspapers, periodicals, Magazines All Newspapers have their own printers and also publish for private market Publishing of Scientific journals and scholarly materials Most Universities have own printing and publishing facilities Publishers Organisations Uganda Publishers Association details not available AUTHORS AND THEIR ORGANISATIONS There are many Associations of authors but due to time, information was not looked for, EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM Starts with Nursery, Primary Level - 7 yrs "Q" Level - secondary School - 4 yrs "A" Level - High School/tertiary/College 2 yrs University 3 - 5 yrs Number of institutions not available for this report Education is liberalized: there are both public and private institutions and some public/private partnerships where government aids private institutions Number of students: primary school now has over 7,000,000 due to Universal Primary Education Secondary level has over 600,000 students Universities are now 19 and have over 80,000 /= students Main Education Materials used: text books, Lecture notes, photocopied materials PHOTOCOPYING FACILITIES Are everywhere and very important in reproduction of education materials, copies of all documents for certification and textbooks, laws, deeds etc because originals are expensive for the majority of users Cost of photocopying one page is at 10 cents of US$ Photocopying in Institutions very common and useful LIBRARIES AND READING Reading habits are said to be poor Reading is done for exams, and news papers. Public research and reading of books out of school has declined Literacy Rate 65% of the population are literate Number of Libraries All educational Institutions above Primary level have libraries Public Libraries are only in a few big regional towns owned by Public Libraries Board All institutions like Parliament, Judiciary, Ministries have private Libraries
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