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Court thwarts bid for direct payments for call-back tunes

Call-back tunes typically cost Sh1.50 daily for local and international tunes. [iStockphoto]

The High Court in Nairobi has declined to compel the Kenya Copyright Board and the Cabinet Secretary for Gender, Culture and Arts to order mobile service providers to pay musicians directly for their call-back tunes.

In a case filed by the Music Associations Alliance of Kenya (MAAK) Chairman Justus Ngemu and former teacher cum musician, Saul Esikuri, Justice John Chigiti said yesterday Safaricom and Airtel have already been paying the artistes despite there being no regulations or database.

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