KECOBO Directs Restaurants to Register to Play Music or Pay Ksh500,000 Fine

The Kenya Copyright Board KECOBO Directs ALL Restaurants to Register to Play Music or Pay Ksh500,000 FINE!

The Kenya Copyright Board on Saturday informed restaurant owners that they needed a licence so as to be able to play music on their business premises. 

According to KECOBO, restaurant owners should apply for their licences through Collective Management Organisations (CMOs). 

“To play music you require a CMO license. At the moment the CMOS ceased operations until their licenses or new licenses are issued,” KECOBO updated business owners. 

Restaurant owners need to make their application through the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) which is a CMO representing authors, composers and publishers of musical works.

According to KECOBO, playing music on business premises without a CMO licence, the offender shall be liable to pay a fine not exceeding Ksh500,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding four years or both.