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Copyright law does not protect artistic work in film

Airtel Shop on Koinange Street.

Did you know that copyright in any works does not include the right to control inclusion of an artistic work in a film or broadcast?

Airtel Kenya used the argument based on the Copyright Act to win a case in which it had been sued for using the Kenya Administrative Map to show its areas of network coverage.

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