KQ pushes back as music licence fees soar for airlines and airports

Kenya’s airlines and airports face a showdown with copyright bodies as soaring music licence fees spark a multimillion-shilling dispute.

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Kenya’s commercial airlines face higher music licence fees under new tariffs, but a simmering dispute with copyright bodies is raising questions over whether the charges will be paid at all.

New rates gazetted by Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya will see Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) collect more than Sh30 million annually from airlines and airports for music played in public and onboard spaces.

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