Evolution and Future Trends of Copyright in Nigeria

Ola, Kunle

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“…Music copyright in Nigeria goes back to the British system due to the country's status as a British colony for around sixty years. The first tangible introduction of copyright regulation was the extension order of the English Copyright Act of 1911, which became applicable in the Southern Protectorate of Nigeria (Ola 2014). This had little or no effect due to a lot of disparities having to do with cultural limitations as succinctly observed by Kunle Ola:…”

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“…The introduction of the English Copyright Act of 1911 (hereinafter referred to as CA 1911), in Nigeria made very little impact on the ordinary Nigerian's day to day life and this was probably due to cultural differences between the people that originated the CA of 1911 and those to whom it was now being applied in Nigeria. (Ola 2014) For a long period of time, there was very limited legal protections for musicians when it came to their music recordings or manuscripts. There was no cohesive legislation which provided protection against piracy or the unauthorised copying of songs, which left many Nigerian artists vulnerable and at risk of exploitation.…”

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Copyright policy and the Nigerian music industry in the era of digitalisation

Adedeji

2023

Journal of Legal Anthropology

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The booming Nigerian music industry is having a tremendous impact on the global music scene, but at the local level it is beset by difficulties brought about by copyright enforcement. The very vibrancy of this industry is attested through numerous kinds of sonic outputs amidst the ongoing process of digitalisation, especially as evidenced by the current mainstream youth-driven hip-hop hybrid music genre known as ‘Afrobeats’. However, insufficient attention has been given by scholars to the availability, or lack, of spaces for independent and/or emerging artists to create songs outside the tight control of copyright and intellectual property laws. This is especially true for musicians who produce ‘digital mixes’. One issue that comes up rather often in reference to the production and consumption of music in this heavily regulated internet-era context is piracy, which, though ethically problematic, has nevertheless persisted in the absence of meaningful ways to allow independent and emerging artists the freedom to ply their trade.

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Copyright policy and the Nigerian music industry in the era of digitalisation

Adedeji

2023

Journal of Legal Anthropology

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“…912 of 29th June 1912, the English Copyright Act of 1911 was extended and became applicable in the Southern Protectorate of Nigeria. 202 According to Ola, it is contention that the extension of the English Copyright Act formally introduced a copyright framework into Nigeria's legal system. 203 While providing the first legislative framework for Nigeria's administration of copyright, it also served as a basis for further development of Copyright law in Nigeria.…”

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The Unusual Extension of Imperial Intellectual Property Laws to Colonies in Africa

Acquah¹

2022

Intellectual Property and the Law of Nations, 1860-1920

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This chapter examines the unusual extension of imperial intellectual property laws to British colonies in Sub-Saharan Africa from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, critically appraising how British dominion shaped domestic intellectual property laws and culture, and its impact on the social and economic development of African nations. It argues that contrary to the narrative that there was no apparent imperial strategy as to the development of colonial intellectual property laws, there seems to have been a certain arrangement regarding Africa, which cannot be merely coincidental. Intellectual property laws were imposed on Sub-Saharan Africa, not borrowed, and there must have been a reason for this. Yet unlike other Crown colonies, the Imperial government did not build local capacity nor institutions for intellectual property in Africa. This led to displaced local knowledge governance and innovation systems, and countries ill-equipped to handle the pressures of the twenty-first-century intellectual property system -leading to adherence and compliance overdrive in the post-TRIPS era.

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“…Section 1(1). 10 It operates as amended in 1999 (and as codified in 2004)(Adewopo, 2012;Ola, 2015). 11 The 1999 amendment of the Act addressed mainly the issue of collective copyright management and administration.…”

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Nigerian Copyright Reform and Implications for Access to Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs) in the Digital Age

Chuma-Okoro¹

2018

Afr. j. inf. commun. (Online)

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This article examines the extent to which the provisions of Nigeria's draft Copyright Bill promote access to teaching and learning materials (TLMs), with such access framed as an important public interest goal. The article highlights the weaknesses in the extant Nigerian copyright statute with regard to TLM access, and examines the extent to which the provisions of the draft Bill would provide improvement. The article concludes that while the draft Bill provides significant improvements in respect of TLM access, it also contains significant weaknesses and gaps which Nigerian lawmakers should seek to address.

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Evolution and Future Trends of Copyright in Nigeria

Abstract: Abstract. This chapter examines the development of copyright in Nigeria by looking at the different legal regimes that have existed within Nigeria's copyright system. It provides an historical perspective of the development of

Cited by 5 publications

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Copyright policy and the Nigerian music industry in the era of digitalisation

Copyright policy and the Nigerian music industry in the era of digitalisation

The Unusual Extension of Imperial Intellectual Property Laws to Colonies in Africa

Nigerian Copyright Reform and Implications for Access to Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs) in the Digital Age

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