” We Don’t Own the Rights to the National Anthem” – Warren de Wofle Confirms

Warren de Wofle has come out to clear the air in regards to the accusation against his company of copyrighting Kenya’s National Anthem.

The company has denied owning the anthem’s copyright and explained that what they posted on their YouTube channel is a sound recording of the anthem. The company came under attack from Kenyas after 2nacheki claimed receiving a warning for using a version of the anthem whose copyright was attributed to De Wolfe.

“We do not own, or claim to own, the copyright to the Kenyan National Anthem, most National anthems are non copyright and are in the public domain, due either to their age, or by legislation making national symbols copyright-free,” reads part of the email sent to Nairobi News.

“We have a sound recording of this work but we do not claim any other ownership and have never copyrighted ownership of the composition as this in the public domain,” he added.

“It would seem in this case that AdRev’s music identification systems have highlighted the use of this recording and automatically questioned whether the Sound recording has been cleared, this claim has now been reversed.”

Warren added that the YouTuber’s video was only given a strike after a music identification system picked up the usage of the recording but it has since been cleared.

The Kenya Copyright Board had stated that the copyright claim by the UK company was invalid adding that it was in communication with YouTube over the same, as reported by Nairobi News.

2nacheki, who had used the anthem in a Vlog on Africa’s best anthems, confirmed that the copyright claim was indeed resolved, sharing a screenshot of a communication of the same from YouTube.

Thanks you @KenyaCopyright @kot @citizentvkenya @TheStarKenya . @YouTube @deWolfeMusic @adrevnet have released the #copyright claim on the #KenyanNationalAnthem pic.twitter.com/MbpajIwN5Q

— 2nacheki – Africa News Ent & Lists (@2nacheki) February 6, 2019