COSOTA is an organization formed under Section 46 of Act No. 7 of 1999 it has a dual system to be the copyright office and at the same time to be a collective management organisation. COSOTA’s main functions is to promote, protect the interest of authors, performers, translators, producers of sound recordings, broadcasters, publishers among others.

COSOTA is authorized to issue licenses to the users of copyrighted works for public performance, broadcasting, reproduction and rental rights among others.

COSOTA registers members (authors, publishers, producers, distributors, composers etc) and their works.

COSOTA issues clearance certificates to prove the ownership of a copyrighted work