The Nigerian Copyright Fee (NCC) has filed felony costs in opposition to MTN Nigeria Communications Restricted and 4 others over alleged copyright infringement.
The Chief Government Officer of MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, Nkeakam Abhulimen, Enjoyable Cell Restricted, and Yahaya Maibe had been additionally listed within the cost with Quantity FHC/ABJ/CR/111/2024 filed within the Federal Excessive Court docket, Abuja.
The court docket doc was seen by journalists on Monday.
The quintet might be docked on a three-count cost of copyright infringement.
The NCC alleged that the defendants between 2010 and 2017 supplied on the market, bought, and traded for enterprise infringed musical works of an artist, Maleke Idowu Moye with out his consent and authorisation.
The fee added that the defendants used musical works and sound recordings of Maleke with subsisting copyright as Caller Ring Again Tunes with out the authorisation of the artiste.
It listed the infringed musical works and sound recordings as 911, Minimini-wanawana, Cease Racism, Ewole, 911 instrumental, Radio, Low Waist, and No Hassle.
NCC equally accused the defendants of distributing the musical works to their subscribers, with out authorization.
The offences, in keeping with the fee, had been opposite to and punishable beneath part 20 (2) (a) (b) and (c) of the Copyright Act, Cap. C28, Legal guidelines of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
Nevertheless, the case has not been assigned to any decide nor any date mounted for the listening to.
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