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High Court blocks MCSK from collecting royalties, again

Kenya Copyright Board chairman Joshua Kutuny. [Courtesy]

For the second time in a row, the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) has suffered a major setback after the High Court declined to suspend a Tribunal ruling that bars it from collecting and distributing royalties.

Milimani High Court Judge Justice Linus Kassan yesterday turned down the request for an order to stay the Copyright Tribunal decision and instead directed that the matter be heard in July next year.

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