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Resale right introduced in the copyright and neighbouring rights act no. 7 of 1999 (amended in 2019)
When
2020
2020
Who
Ministry of industry and trade , the copyright society of tanzania (cosota)
Ministry of industry and trade , the copyright society of tanzania (cosota)
Website of the policy/measure
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Description of the policy/measure
The law has introduced resale rights in section 9 a (i) that reads "right to benefit from re-sale" this identifies the right to artists to benefit from resale of their works. creators / artist to enjoy the rights to any sale of work subsequent to the first transfer of their work. to improve social economic status as the creators / artist to promote and advertise tanzania culture
2005 Convention Monitoring Framework Goal(s)
Area(s) of Monitoring
Cultural Domain(s)
Results achieved
Having the provisions in place, cosota is now working on the regulation. creators/ authors to receive royalties from resale of their works. promotion and advertisement of tanzanian culture will improve social economic status of the artist and creators. recognition to the artist / creators inclusion of the resale rights on the act