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Court halts Skiza, Hello tune royalty payments to artistes
Skiza tunes for Safaricom and Hello tune for Airtel offer Kenyan musicians opportunity to sell their music at a daily subscription rate of Sh1.50 for each Skiza tune and Sh1 for each Hello tune.
The High Court has halted remittance of call ring back tunes (Skiza tune and Hello tune) revenues to collective management organisations (CMOs) pending determination of a case filed by two artistes against government.
The order issued by Justice John Chigiti is directed to telecommunication firms Safaricom (owner of Skiza tune) and Airtel (owner of Hello tune). It stops Safaricom and Airtel from remitting money to CMOs, described as Premium Rate Service Providers (PRSPs).
