Copyright Society of Malawi – Promoting and Protecting Creativity

Protecting your Innovativeness

We promote and protect the interests of authors, performers, translators, producers of sound recordings, broadcasters & publishers

Our Vision. To be the most vibrant and leading Copyright in Africa.

Empowering your Creativity

We Maintain registers of works, productions and associations of authors, performers, translators, producers of sound recordings, broadcasters and publishers

Our Mission. To promote and protect creativity through an effective and balanced Copyright and Related Rights System.

Distribution of Royalties

We empower creativity through licensing, collection and distribution of royalties, and to ensure fair value to the owners of copyright

Get what is yours. We exercise openness in our operations thereby reducing chances of corruption.

ABOUT Us

Copyright Society of Malawi – Promoting & Protecting Creativity

We are committed to ensure you benefit from your creative work.

Our History

Copyright Society of Malawi (COSOMA) is a parastatal organization established in 1992 following the enactment of the Copyright Act of 1989

Our Mandate

to promote and protect the interest of authors, composers, performers, producers of sound recording and broadcasters. It also collect and distribute royalties or other remuneration which may accrue to the rights holders for their rights.

Our Role

A Copyright office, responsible for the implementation of the Copyright Act and as Collective Management Organization (CMO) responsible for collective management of musical, literary and artistic works.

What We Do

As the only collective management orginisation in Malawi, we are a link between Users of copyright works and Owners, rights holders manage their rights , while the users, Broadcasters, DJ’s, Libraries etc have an obligation to aquire a COSOMA license prior to use of works.

Our Departments