Kenya: ‘Help! My Work Has Been Pirated!’ How Creatives Can Protect Their Content

— The creations of our minds–songs, scripts, films, brand names, and so on–hold immense economic and cultural value. To fully realize that value, protecting these creations is crucial. If a creator fails to secure their intellectual property, they risk losing the ability to earn a living from their ideas.

Starting with the basics, copyright refers to the legal rights that creators have over their original literary and artistic works. In many African countries, copyright protection is…