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September 25th, 2008 at 12:14 am

Farther shores of copyright litigation

“45 years ago, Professor George Wilberforce Kakoma composed what became the Ugandan national anthem. Now, he’s suing the Ugandan government for damages, claiming that it’s breached his copyright by using the song for all these years without paying him any royalties”. (The Stumblng Tumblr, Sept. 25; Frank Walusimbi, “Government sued over National Anthem use”, Sunday Monitor, Sept. 21).

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