Copyright and content ownership
Who owns online material, how takedown regimes work in Kenya and the United States, and why copyright is so often reached for in the wrong situation.
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Who owns online content: copyright foundations in Kenya
Kenyan copyright has two features that surprise almost everyone — the commissioner of a work usually owns it, and the country runs on a shorter protection term than the jurisdictions most online advice is written for.
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The DMCA takedown notice: how it works and what it cannot do
The American notice-and-takedown regime is the most widely used content removal mechanism in the world, and it is available to Kenyan and Emirati rightsholders. It is also the mechanism most often deployed in situations it was never designed for.