CIPA, COSBOTS set record straight on copyright

Monyatsi explained that economic rights grant the owner of the work the right to authorise or prohibit the use of a work in a manner that can potentially attract economic gain. She further stated that includes acts such as reproduction, performing the song, communicating to the public and others, meaning that any use of a work without authorisation of the owner amounts to copyright infringement.

There has been confusion on what copyrights law says about the use of artists' work by another especially to gain profits or without permission.