Mobile network operator, Safaricom, and ringtone provider, Cellulant, have been restrained from distributing musical works of 11 top Kenyan artists until a case brought by the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) on the ownership of copyright is heard and determined.
The ruling delivered by Lady Justice Martha Koome effectively stops Safaricom from distributing the music to over 10 million subscribers through their service "Skiza."
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