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Corporates may need to rethink sharing popular memes as KECOBO comes down on copyright law

Kenya Copyright Board ( KECOBO) has warned internet users against generating memes from copyrighted content. In a statement released on various social media, they said:

"A meme generated without the authority of the copyright owner is an infringement on their copyright particularly the exclusive rights to reproduce, copy, adapt and publish since the original photograph or video undergoes some alteration and incorporation of a text.."

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