Fri, 10 Nov 2017 09:25:51 +0000 By Sandra Machima UGANDAN authors were secretly contracted to write Zambian textbooks produced under fictitious Zambian names by a Ugandan company that “surprisingly” won a US$5million text book contract that sidelined nearly all Zambian publishers. Some of the Zambian conspirators allowed their names to be used at a fee of 20 percent of the sales proceeds. Now one of the Ugandan authors has sued the publishing company for copyright infringement, the Daily Nation can reveal. Margaret Kabanda has sued MK Publishers, for copyright infringement after the book she authored was credited to a “Shanzuwa Biggie” Zambian author. She has taken MK to the Uganda High Court, but in its defence MK has submitted that the Ugandan authors were fully aware that the books they were writing would carry Zambian names as authors for commercial purposes. One of the letters from MK Publishers’ lawyers reads in part, “ your client […]
