| dc.description.abstract | Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) present an opportunity to, create,
produce and distribute new expertise. The implementation of IPR has become quite
challenging due to the emerging trends in ICT. The electronic media has largely
contributed to movement of large amounts of intellectual property in the internet. Issues
of intellectual property protection for the material available on and through the Internet
are growing in importance. Most people are unaware about intellectual property rights
and in particular copyrights. Very often they become impeached of plagiarism and piracy.
This is sometimes due to unawareness of the copyright laws or ignorance caused either
intentionally or unintentionally. This study was seeking to identify the impact of ICT on
Copyrights protection at Kenyatta University.
The study adopted a descriptive research design and the target population was all the
academic staff and students of Kenyatta University Nairobi town Campus. Primary and
secondary data was used in this study. The primary data was collected using structured
research questionnaires. Data analysis was being conducted using SPSS package which
was used to analyze the relationship between ICT advancement and copyrights Protection
to measure the strength of the association between the variables.
From the study, the students at Kenyatta University are well vast with ICT. In line with
previous findings and the research conducted at Kenyatta University, it is clear that there
is a high degree to which copyright laws have been highly violated in Kenyatta
University. It was also noted that the students at Kenyatta University are engaged in
infringement of copyrights through the use of advanced technology brought about by
ICT. Basically there is no response mechanisms put in place in reaction to violation of
copyright using ICTs. These research findings would be used to identify measures to be
to be taken to promote copyright protection and for future studies to identify how ICT
can be used to implement copyright protection at Kenyatta University thereby promoting
protection of Intellectual Property in the University | en |
