Musician Jose Chameleone has musical experience spanning 25 years and he is considered a legend in the country.
With his background, Jose Chameleone has cautioned musicians against investing too much money in music albums in Uganda because they don’t make any significant returns on investment.
“Without the copyright law, albums won’t work here. You release your songs, then people start making copies and distributing them for free. That makes it hard to sell an album through the various platforms,” he says.
Chameleone adds that Ugandans don’t have the discipline or habit of listening to one artiste.
“Ugandans want to listen to different musicians at once. The thing of playing one artiste back to back isn’t appreciated here,” he adds.
According to Jose Chameleone, the law protects intellectual property rights, but the government rarely enforces laws aimed at preventing piracy and the distribution of counterfeit goods.
While the URSB provides a standardized process for registering each type of intellectual property and allows musicians to enforce their rights through the court system, enforcement remains weak.
