Copyright Exploitation: The 'Nollywood' (Nigeria) Film Market

Lawal‐Arowolo, Ayoyemi

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2694906

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“…The best technologies are adopted by filmmakers such as Kemi Adetiba, Funke Akindele and Kunle Afolayan to hype the quality of high budget films. 15 Their patrons are dependent on such quality, while the low budget films using less technologies appear to be comfortable with their patrons, who are less concerned about the quality and can afford the medium of distribution. The Return of the King of Boys, which is a seven series sequel to the King of Boys released in 2018, is evidence of the continuous boom of Nollywood in 2021.…”

Section: A Peek Into Nigeria's Film Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Copyright Law Protection of films in Nigeria (Nollywood) and South Africa (Sollywood): Pre and post‐Covid‐19 pandemic

Kouletakis

Lawal‐Arowolo

Itanyi

2023

World Intellectual Property

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The Covid‐19 pandemic inflicted socioeconomic harm on an unprecedented scale. Across the world and to varying degrees, cinemas were closed, festivals were cancelled or postponed, and film releases were moved to future dates or delayed indefinitely. In 2020 the entire global theatrical and home/mobile entertainment market totalled $80.8 billion, the lowest figure since 2016 and a decline of 18% from 2019. Theatrical entertainment accounted for only 15% of the total global entertainment revenue, compared to 43% in 2019. While some has been written about the effects of Covid‐19 on both international and local film industries, this article seeks to provide an African perspective focusing on the realities in Nigeria and South Africa, respectively. This article examines the importance of filmmaking industries in Nigeria and South Africa as well as the difficulties faced during the Covid‐19 pandemic. Copyright laws in both terrains are critically reviewed based on the capacity of these laws to protect the interests of film industries pre and post‐Covid‐19.

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Section: A Peek Into Nigeria's Film Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%