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Can Digital Rights Management Save African Artists from Copyright Infringement?

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Economics & Business, Music, Technology

Says Africa 2.0 (Fr): “Copyright infringement is killing African artists without any intervention from authorities. I was reading an interview of Beko Sadey this morning who was saying that she had two albums ready but would not release them because of bootlegging. How sad! … Can't we explore technological solutions to fight bootlegging [1] such as Digital Rights Management [2]?”