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There
has been for a very long time now, an unending battle between stakeholders in
the music industry and those running the affairs of the baby empowered by law
to collect royalties for musicians known as Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON
on who has the right to collect royalties and who has the powers to preside
over the affairs of royalties collected by COSON, leading to legal battles that
has seen claims of removal and counter claims of removal of the supposed, Chairman
of COSON, Chief Tony Okoroji.
Latest
in the news is that the Nigerian Copyright Commission, the government agency
empowered by law to oversee the affairs of both COSON and other agencies under
the parastatal has suspended the operating license of COSON, stopping it from
collecting royalties on-behalf of and for musicians and other performing
artists in Nigeria.
Some
of us wonder how long this will take to end even as the leadership of the
Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, PMAN led by Pretty Okafor is
poised to restructure with time, the COSON of the dream of Musicians in
Nigeria.
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