A lot of artists are unaware of copyright laws and as a result,
they are either prejudiced or unknowingly commit intellectual
property crimes. In Zimbabwe policies have been put into place to
grow the Arts Industry. Regardless of this fact, there still exist
a lot of misunderstandings and ignorance concerning copyright law
and Intellectual Property rights in Zimbabwe.
There is so much potential growth for the Arts industry in
Zimbabwe, Artists often move from one recording company to another
without full compensation and it is a common practice for artists
to be exploited by such record companies as well as exploit each
other. Artists such as musicians, mostly earn their money through
live shows, and royalties of their copyrighted works. It is
beneficial for artists to protect their copyright work due to the
time, money and effort invested. Copyright laws restrict the rights
of others from making use of one's artistic work without the
artist benefiting from such use.
