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Safaricom, Airtel ordered to release withheld Skiza Tune cash
The petitioners were aggrieved that, despite the amendment of the law, the Copyright Board continued to allow the telecommunication firms to pay ringback tune net revenue share to PRSPs instead of remitting the same to the artistes directly.
The High Court has ordered Safaricom and Airtel to release withheld revenues for call ring back tunes (Skiza Tune and Hello Tune) owed to artistes and copyright owners, following the dismissal of a suit that was challenging the existing formula of distributing funds collected from subscribers.
The remittance of the revenues had been withheld since May this year, pending the determination of the suit initiated by two artists. The suit sought implementation of a statutory revenue-sharing formula of money collected from Skiza and Hello tune subscribers by the telecommunication firms.
