Category: Music News

Meeting with Director General ARIPO Meeting with the Director General of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) Mr. Bemanya Twebaze to lobby for support in advancing copyright administration.From Left to Right: Mr. Kalibbala Phillip Nyanja URSB IP Department, Ms.…

 The ongoing sub-regional conference organized by The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in collaboration with African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) under the theme: Shaping the copyright and related rights landscape in Africa. The conference that started on 19th October…

PREPARATION FOR UPRS AGM OCTOBER 2022: Dear Member, Greetings from your collecting Society.The Annual General Meeting of October 2021, instructed the Management of your Society to clean the register before the next AGM in October 2022. The Board and Management…

Training workshop for UPRS Licensing Agents by IFPI and SAMPRA What is the role of UPRS as a Music CMO (Collective Management Organization)? Two days Training workshop for UPRS Licensing Agents by IFPI and SAMPRA at Esella Country Hotel Kira,…

Copyright remains a subject of interest in the public, especially in the wake of a devastating pandemic that did not spare the creative sector. Content creators have since sought means through which they can earn from their creativity, and the…

Uganda Performing Right Society is a society that was formed in 1985 by authors (mainly musicians) to advance the cause of copyright administration in Uganda. It is registered with the Registrar of Companies as a Company Limited by Guarantee having…

NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of UGANDA PERFORMING RIGHT SOCIETY LIMITED (“the Company”) to be held VIRTUALLY on Zoom and streamed live on Facebook and YouTube from the premises of Uganda National Cultural Centre on…

Users of work to apply for licence. Any person who wishes to use or perform another person’s work or who causes work to be performed in public for gain shall apply to the owner or the owner’s agent for a…