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Copyright protection in Uganda is provided for under the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act, Act 19 of 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). Section 5(1) of the Act specifies categories of works eligible for copyright protection. These are: literary, scientific and artistic works. The Section provides an exhaustive list of copyrightable works including musical works, audio-visual works, sound recordings and cinematographic works as well as computer programs, but does not specify which works fall under which category. However, the Act does define literary works to include novels, stories or poetic work; plays, stage directions, audio-visual scenarios or broadcasting scripts; textbooks, histories, biographies, essays or articles; encyclopaedias, dictionaries, directories or anthologies; letters, reports or memoranda; lectures, addresses or sermons; and any other work of literature.
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Alemu, R. (2012). Uganda. In: Hilty, R., Nérisson, S. (eds) Balancing Copyright - A Survey of National Approaches. MPI Studies on Intellectual Property and Competition Law, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29596-6_39
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