Uganda Performing Right Society Ltd (UPRS) is a collective Management Organization (CMO) legally established to administer copyright in music on behalf of their members. UPRS reminds all entities that use music in their businesses to acquire copyright licenses for usage…
ARIPO TRAINING From the 29th to the 30th of May 2023, the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) Regional Training for Collective Management Organizations (CMOs) was held in Harare. Mr. Bemanya Twebaze, Director General of ARIPO, formally launched the event, which was attended…
Reference is made to our communication dated 17 February 2023 in which we notified our members that, UPRS had collected Uganda Shillings 247,000,000 (Two Hundred Forty-Seven Million Shillings) as their royalties for the Financial Year 2022. These collections were from…
UPRS Licensing Agency Training. UPRS has undertaken training Licensing Agents, who will be responsible for ensuring that all commercial users of our members’ works across the country comply with their duties of getting a music license, allowing our members…
UPRS CONGRATULATES THE NEW UPRS BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR. SAM OKELLO KELOThe Uganda Performing Right Society (UPRS) congratulates Mr. Sam Okello Kelo on his appointment as the new Board Chairman. Mr.Okello Kello Sam replaces Mr. Kabiito Karamagi who served as Board…
UPRS Embarks on a National Campaign to Sensitize Music Users on Copyright Law Uganda Performing Right Society (UPRS) is embarking on a journey to sensitise music users in different parts of country about the copyright law and the need to…
ROYALTIES DISTRIBUTION UPDATES FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR (FY) ENDED 2022 There is new information to share about the captioned subject matter and the purpose of this communication is to bring you up to date. As you are aware we convened…
UPRS AGM 2022 Dear UPRS member, You are invited to attend the UPRS Annual General Meeting (AGM 2022).Date: 20th-January-2023Time: 9am to 2pmPhysical location: UNCC (National Theatre)Virtual location / Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/…/tJIoc-2qqj8uGNH3sOWzLNwArI3vmXYsjMGJRegister in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive…
Agency licensing training scheduled from 29th November to 2nd December 2022 at UPRS offices Bukoto. The Copyright Law & The CMO Rationale is the main theme. In the framework of a collective administration system, owners of rights authorize collective administration…
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.…
