Office Burundais du Droit d’Auteur et des Droits Voisins
Burundi's statutory national copyright collecting society, created by presidential decree in 2011 and based in Bujumbura.
- Based in
- Bujumbura, Burundi
- Founded
- 2011 (created by Burundian presidential decree n°100/237 of 7 September 2011; became operational in 2012)
- Website
- obdaburundi.org
The Office Burundais du Droit d’Auteur et des Droits Voisins (OBDA) is Burundi’s national copyright collecting society, created by presidential decree n°100/237 of 7 September 2011 and operational from 2012. It is a public administrative body, not a private company, governed by a board appointed by presidential decree (most recently reconstituted in October 2017) and sitting under the ministry responsible for culture.
OBDA issues authorisations for the public performance of literary and artistic works in Burundi, and collects and distributes royalties to registered rightsholders under the country’s 2005 copyright law. It is based in Bujumbura.
As a statutory body rather than a commercial operator, OBDA has no ownership structure to disclose; its relevance to Afrobeats Wire’s coverage is as the rights-collection authority Burundian artists and rightsholders deal with domestically, and as the counterpart any foreign label or publisher would need for licensing or reciprocal arrangements covering Burundi.