Season 3 is kicking off with the additions of the research Decolonising Intellectual Property & Sound Rights. This had a focus on women in music and intellectual property for creatives in Zambia.

Sound rights in Zambia have been problematic since its independence in 1964 and no master rights holder has ever received royalties in the territory as they are not collected. This means broadcasters and other users do not pay which impacts synchronisation licenses as well as all royalties associated with sound recordings. This has unfairly impacted owners of sound rights whether they are producers, artist owner or lable owned.

In this episode we begin by discussing sound recordings made in Zambia. Historically it was broadcasters and ethnomusicologists operating in the territory who held sound rights which mostly focused on cultural pr ...