Let us Understand that
People may imitate it; love it or hate it.
License to copy rightly!
Our Intention: Protect Your Copyright Today
URRO safeguards the investments of rightholders in intellectual property across Uganda.
Copy with confidence.
Copyright Security for Creatives
Our portal makes it easy for rightsholders to manage rights, payments and permissions.
Protect your story.
Building Trust Across Uganda
URRO bridges copyright with commerce to support cultural and economic growth.
Copy right, copy bright.
Your Works Deserve Recognition
From registration to royalty distribution, our portal keeps authors in control.
Your content. Your royalties.
Uganda Reproduction Rights Organisation (URRO) was found and legally registered to act on behalf of Authors, Publishers of literary works protect their copyright. Distribute royalties and contribute to the fight against book piracy as a member of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO).
URRO is legally guided by the law with standards as set by local and international organizations like URSB, UPA, CMOs UNESCO, WIPO, ARIPO. URRO negotiates and concludes reproduction licenses with different users in Uganda which include bookshops, printer-press, warehouses, homes, schools & institutions.
URRO under URSB was requested to provide a means (Hologram – a sticker with unique security features embedded) for buyers to authenticate genuine books from pirate copies. Book piracy which is the unauthorized reproduction and sale of books is a very rampart practice in Uganda.
Vision
A reputable collecting society facilitating access to information through licensing and safeguarding the investments of right holders in intellectual property in Uganda.
Our Services
URRO negotiates and concludes reproduction licenses with different users in Uganda. The users that are targeted by this license include:
The licenses enable both learners, their teachers, lecturers and other employees that need to make copies beyond what is permissible under the fair use provisions in the Copyright Act...
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The Hologram or seal protect the work of an author from being pirated or photo copied. It's not permissible under the fair use provisions in the Copyright Act...
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The annual fees charged on the licenses and collected by URRO are distributed as royalties to both local and foreign authors and publishers of literary works.
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May, Fri, 2026 · notices
Dear Creative Writer — East African Educational Publishers Limited are seeking original Adult Fiction manuscripts from seasoned and emerging African authors. Deadline: December 30, 2026.
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After years of pushing, lobbying, writing, meeting, and refusing to let go, Uganda's Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2025 has now passed Parliament.
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Dec, Thu, 2025 · notices
Members of the Uganda Reproduction Rights Organisation gathered for the 2025 AGM in Kampala.
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