Recorded music is increasingly being used to enhance businesses in retail outlets, shopping malls, restaurants, pubs, entertainment spots, public transport sector, broadcasting stations, etc. It is generally accepted worldwide that the use of these recordings as piped background music creates the suitable ambience and entertains patrons, employees and employers alike in the business premises. These recordings whether played from a computer source, jukebox, radio, cassette player, TV, CD player, VCD or DVD player, MP3 player, satellite, internet broadcast or any other analogue or digital medium or format are protected properties of the music producers and performers. Using these recordings in your business premises therefore, requires you to have a communication to the public license. Producers and performers of sound recordings and audio visual works hold the right of remuneration when recordings are used for broadcasting and/or communication to the public.

The use of recorded music is becoming increasingly popular in various business settings such as retail outlets, shopping malls, restaurants, pubs, and entertainment venues. This background music is used to create a pleasant atmosphere for customers and employees alike. Whether played from a computer, jukebox, radio, TV, CD player, MP3 player, or any other medium, these recordings are the protected property of the music producers and performers. As a result, using these recordings in your business requires you to obtain a license for public communication. Producers and performers have the right to receive remuneration when their recordings are used for broadcasting or public communication.

Recorded music is increasingly being used to enhance businesses in retail outlets, shopping malls, restaurants, pubs, entertainment spots, public transport sector, broadcasting stations, etc. It is generally accepted worldwide that the use of these recordings as piped background music creates the suitable ambience and entertains patrons, employees and employers alike in the business premises. These recordings whether played from a computer source, jukebox, radio, cassette player, TV, CD player, VCD or DVD player, MP3 player, satellite, internet broadcast or any other analogue or digital medium or format are protected properties of the music producers and performers. Using these recordings in your business premises therefore, requires you to have a communication to the public license. Producers and performers of sound recordings and audio visual works hold the right of remuneration when recordings are used for broadcasting and/or communication to the public.

Recorded music is increasingly being used to enhance businesses in retail outlets, shopping malls, restaurants, pubs, entertainment spots, public transport sector, broadcasting stations, etc. It is generally accepted worldwide that the use of these recordings as piped background music creates the suitable ambience and entertains patrons, employees and employers alike in the business premises. These recordings whether played from a computer source, jukebox, radio, cassette player, TV, CD player, VCD or DVD player, MP3 player, satellite, internet broadcast or any other analogue or digital medium or format are protected properties of the music producers and performers. Using these recordings in your business premises therefore, requires you to have a communication to the public license. Producers and performers of sound recordings and audio visual works hold the right of remuneration when recordings are used for broadcasting and/or communication to the public.

Recorded music is increasingly being used to enhance businesses in retail outlets, shopping malls, restaurants, pubs, entertainment spots, public transport sector, broadcasting stations, etc. It is generally accepted worldwide that the use of these recordings as piped background music creates the suitable ambience and entertains patrons, employees and employers alike in the business premises. These recordings whether played from a computer source, jukebox, radio, cassette player, TV, CD player, VCD or DVD player, MP3 player, satellite, internet broadcast or any other analogue or digital medium or format are protected properties of the music producers and performers. Using these recordings in your business premises therefore, requires you to have a communication to the public license. Producers and performers of sound recordings and audio visual works hold the right of remuneration when recordings are used for broadcasting and/or communication to the public.

Recorded music is increasingly being used to enhance businesses in retail outlets, shopping malls, restaurants, pubs, entertainment spots, public transport sector, broadcasting stations, etc. It is generally accepted worldwide that the use of these recordings as piped background music creates the suitable ambience and entertains patrons, employees and employers alike in the business premises. These recordings whether played from a computer source, jukebox, radio, cassette player, TV, CD player, VCD or DVD player, MP3 player, satellite, internet broadcast or any other analogue or digital medium or format are protected properties of the music producers and performers. Using these recordings in your business premises therefore, requires you to have a communication to the public license. Producers and performers of sound recordings and audio visual works hold the right of remuneration when recordings are used for broadcasting and/or communication to the public.

Recorded music is increasingly being used to enhance businesses in retail outlets, shopping malls, restaurants, pubs, entertainment spots, public transport sector, broadcasting stations, etc. It is generally accepted worldwide that the use of these recordings as piped background music creates the suitable ambience and entertains patrons, employees and employers alike in the business premises. These recordings whether played from a computer source, jukebox, radio, cassette player, TV, CD player, VCD or DVD player, MP3 player, satellite, internet broadcast or any other analogue or digital medium or format are protected properties of the music producers and performers. Using these recordings in your business premises therefore, requires you to have a communication to the public license. Producers and performers of sound recordings and audio visual works hold the right of remuneration when recordings are used for broadcasting and/or communication to the public.

Recorded music is increasingly being used to enhance businesses in retail outlets, shopping malls, restaurants, pubs, entertainment spots, public transport sector, broadcasting stations, etc. It is generally accepted worldwide that the use of these recordings as piped background music creates the suitable ambience and entertains patrons, employees and employers alike in the business premises. These recordings whether played from a computer source, jukebox, radio, cassette player, TV, CD player, VCD or DVD player, MP3 player, satellite, internet broadcast or any other analogue or digital medium or format are protected properties of the music producers and performers. Using these recordings in your business premises therefore, requires you to have a communication to the public license. Producers and performers of sound recordings and audio visual works hold the right of remuneration when recordings are used for broadcasting and/or communication to the public.

Recorded music is increasingly being used to enhance businesses in retail outlets, shopping malls, restaurants, pubs, entertainment spots, public transport sector, broadcasting stations, etc. It is generally accepted worldwide that the use of these recordings as piped background music creates the suitable ambience and entertains patrons, employees and employers alike in the business premises. These recordings whether played from a computer source, jukebox, radio, cassette player, TV, CD player, VCD or DVD player, MP3 player, satellite, internet broadcast or any other analogue or digital medium or format are protected properties of the music producers and performers. Using these recordings in your business premises therefore, requires you to have a communication to the public license. Producers and performers of sound recordings and audio visual works hold the right of remuneration when recordings are used for broadcasting and/or communication to the public.

Recorded music is increasingly being used to enhance businesses in retail outlets, shopping malls, restaurants, pubs, entertainment spots, public transport sector, broadcasting stations, etc. It is generally accepted worldwide that the use of these recordings as piped background music creates the suitable ambience and entertains patrons, employees and employers alike in the business premises. These recordings whether played from a computer source, jukebox, radio, cassette player, TV, CD player, VCD or DVD player, MP3 player, satellite, internet broadcast or any other analogue or digital medium or format are protected properties of the music producers and performers. Using these recordings in your business premises therefore, requires you to have a communication to the public license. Producers and performers of sound recordings and audio visual works hold the right of remuneration when recordings are used for broadcasting and/or communication to the public.

KAMP-PRISK does not license event organizers. The events tariff is calculated per event per day and each organiser is tasked with ensuring his/her clients have paid for the use of sound recordings or audio visual works for their event. Failure to which shall lead to strict penalties and even arrest. See tariffs for details.

If the nightclub is sufficiently licensed for dancing and the number of days per year on which dancing takes place, then any DJ working solely in that club or any other properly licensed club would not require a separate license. If the DJ is either a mobile DJ operator or plays in unlicensed premises or event/function, then a separate DJ license is required.

If dance parties are held at your premises, it is your responsibility as the owner of the premises to ensure that the appropriate licenses are in place before the event takes place.

Since the earliest days of commercially released sound recordings and audio visual works, a notice along the following lines has been printed on original tapes, records and CDs or the accompanying booklets or sleeves: “Unauthorised copying, hiring, public performance and broadcasting of this recording is prohibited”. Even in the absence of these ubiquitous notices, the provisions of the Copyright Act Cap 130 make it quite clear that the purchaser, or holder in good faith, of a sound carrier like a CD, does not acquire the rights to broadcast, diffuse and communicate to the public the sound recordings that have been acquired, but that these rights are, in fact, held by the copyright and related rights holders.

The use of music provides significant value to businesses, broadcasters and other organisations. This has been validated by research in other countries. For example, in UK the Music Works study found that 94% of UK bar-goers say background music is either a very important or important factor in giving bars a great atmosphere. For fitness clubs, 77% of respondents agreed that a gym with music was more appealing to them than a gym without. Details of the study and many other statistics on the value of music business can be found at www.musicworksforyou.com

KAMP Copyright and Related Rights License allows Music Users to play music publicly at their business or venue.

Any venue, business, or person that plays background, recorded, broadcast, or live music in public must get a music usage license from KAMP Copyright and Related Rights.

Paying for your music usage licence is good for everyone. It’s good for businesses who enjoy the positive effect that music has on the atmosphere of your establishment

Account Details:
Account Name: Kenya Association of Music Producers
Account Number: 6788330018
Bank Name: NCBA Bank
Bank Code: 07-0717 (Junction Branch)

All three are Collective Management Organizations, but they separately administer three different classes of rights. MCSK administers the copyright for authors, composers,, arrangers and music publishers of musical works. KAMP administers the related rights of producers of sound recordings while PRISK administers the related rights or performers of sound recording and audio-visual works. Even though KAMP and PRISK work together in issuing a joint license to users of sound recordings and audio-visual works, their constitutions, membership and guardianship of rights and responsibilities are different.

Please call 0738645041,0710309695 or email info@kamp.or.ke Our licencing consultants will provide you with the correct application form to complete.

Please call 0738645041,0710309695 or email info@kamp.or.ke. Our licensing consultants will provide you with the correct application form to complete.

As the only Collective Management Organisation (CMO) registered and licensed under Section 46 of the Copyright Act 2001 of the laws of Kenya, KAMP Copyright and Related Rights collects royalties on behalf of phonogram producers and performers of sound recordings that are broadcast and communicated to the public. KAMP administers the rights of producers and performers in the following avenues::

• Synchronization – when work is synchronized to visual images, video, or film.
• Broadcasting – licensing of broadcasting stations for the use of performance in a sound recording or audio-visual work
• Communication to the Public – business establishments that publicly play sound recordings and audio-visual works e .g Public Service Vehicles (PSV), Hotels, Shopping Malls, Music Stores, Events, Cyber Cafes, Restaurants, clubs, Bars, Supermarkets, Banks, Cinema Halls, Salons, Gymnasiums, etc.
• Rental – for audio-visual performers rental remuneration should be paid by video/DVD outlets or distributors for the use of works in the rental market.