Copyright Content User Licensing Model for Collective Management Organizations in Uganda

Abstract

Collective Management Organizations (CMOs) negotiate and collect royalties for intellectual works on behalf of its owners. These royalties fund Collective Management Organizations (CMO) activities, with portions going to copyright holders and the government (VAT). Higher education institutions make substantial contributions to copyright as makers and users of copyrighted works. CMOs attempt to collect royalties from these creators in order to preserve their confidence. Throughout the royalty collection process, Collective Management Organizations (CMO) engage with and gather a large amount of user data. This paper suggests a copyright user licensing approach to help Ugandan CMOs manage their licensing operations. The model includes gathering user information, determining requirements, and granting licenses. Data security in the central database is a major concern. Object-oriented programming (OOAD) is used to develop a trial system for user evaluation. The project involved collaboration with CMO staff, copyright users, and IP practitioners across several African countries. Feedback was gathered through interviews, focus groups, and user testing of a system prototype. The tested prototype was assessed for user-friendliness, navigation ease, consistency, usability, task completion time, and information access speed. The study concludes that a copyright user licensing model can improve licensing processes for CMOs and reduce copyright infringement. It further suggests that this model can be adapted for use by other licensing firms and organizations. Keywords: Collective Management Organization (CMO), Copyright user licensing, Copyright royalties, Higher education institutions, IP, Data security, OOAD, Copyright infringement Journal Reference Format: Lyada E , Egho-Promise E. I.,John,K.A. & Mustapha, A.B. (2024): Copyright Content User Licensing Model for Collective management Organizations in Uganda. Advances in Multidisciplinary Research Journal. Vol. 2.No. 4, Pp1-16. Vol. 10. No. 1. Pp 17-40 www.isteams.net/aimsjournal. dx.doi.org/10.22624/AIMS/BHI/V10N1P2