Intellectual Property Specialist Kingsley Nkonde says Zambia performed very well in the fight against piracy last year.
Mr Nkonde told ZANIS in an interview, yesterday that, the success for Zambia making a mark against piracy is mainly due to the introduction of the Intellectual property unit by the Zambia Police.
He said the establishment of the unit had greatly assisted the country to effectively fight Piracy and other counterfeit products through intensified patrols.
He further said the fight against piracy and counterfeits, last year, also enjoyed political will by government.
Mr Nkonde noted it was with for this structural reason that Zambia was the only country in the region that had exposed a lot of counterfeit products not only in the music industry but in the manufacturing sector as well.
He has also paid tribute to the alert members of the general public who he said helped counter pricacy and counterfeit products in the country.
The Intellectual Property Specialist said Zambia curbed a lot of industrial counterfeits products such as fake Kiwi Polish , batteries and Vaseline among others.
He paid tribute to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services (MIBS) and the police have done a lot of sensitization fight against piracy and counterfeit products to the public and added that a lot of people nterrogate their products before buying.
Mr Nkonde however said that the Music Industry performed badly last year as a number of local and international music products were pirated.
He noted that the problem has been that the people who pirate have also advanced in the equipments.
He noted the need for government to put in place security measures which will distinguish original products from counterfeit products.
ZANIS
Mr BaNkonde, target those Kamwala and Cha Cha Cha road shops that sell Phillipss (Philips), Sonny (Sony) and backyard made tapes and CDs.
Life pa zed ma plan, even in state house itis happening too
I just couldn’t help laughing at KK turning himself into an MMD cadre, according to Gen. Masheke. It is shameful though that a guy who called Zambian stupid idiots for advocating for multi party politics can today accuse Mpombo of barking at Rupiah. This is language unbecoming of a former head of stateand KK should know that people have forgiven but not forgoten the numerous deaths of political opponents during his long reign. People like Masheke know all the crimes he committed and if I were him, I would just shut up and look after Betty in retirement.
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It is true that Piracy rips off all authentic suppliers, dealers and manufacturers but I think that Zambian musicians feel the full brunt of the delinquency. The other industries may recover in one way or another due to the diversity of their products but for musicians it is almost impossible for them to survive on meagre royalties. Once the past success is quickly forgotten, most of these musicians sadly end up in depression.
Happy New Year to every zambian. I am looking forward to 2010 with my eyes wide open. Thanks
Mr Nkonde can you advice your officers not to be overzealous. How do you think a student can afford microsoft and other applications even at US student prices ? Or do you think they can do without them ?. Only by using cheaper pitrated CD can those poor students get exposed.
This Nkonde guy is a crook. He does not pay people who owes money and has the audacity to speak like a proper expert. His ka ntemba called Cycorp Security owes people and he hides instead of paying the people.
# 5 Mushota… Muli shani? three days past and the subject above omitted > just marketing yourself?
# 1Kwandangala
Spot on,In Cha Cha Cha and Kamwala I found Philibs,Panasona etc.