Source: Eagleee http://eagleee.com/detail?newsId=516194

Last week, the Chairman of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Chief Tony Okoroji, led a music copyright royalty enforcement team to Enugu to ensure that, henceforth all users of music in public and commercial settings in Enugu State get appropriate copyright licence or face the wrath of the law.

Other members of the team included Mr. Uche Stanley Onowo, COSON Enugu State Copyright Royalty Licensing Consultant; Prince Biodun Eguakhide, COSON Edo/Delta State Copyright Royalty Licensing Consultant, Ms. Christabel Odiase, the team’s Media Coordinator and a squad of armed mobile policemen.

While visiting various hotels, events centers and clubs in Enugu, Chief Okoroji said that in 2018 and beyond, music must pay the songwriters, performers, publishers and investors in the Nigerian music industry and contribute significantly to the growth of the nation’s economy. The COSON Chairman said that with the setting up of the COSON Rapid Response Legal Team made up of eight of the nation’s foremost intellectual property law firms, there is no place anymore for any music copyright royalty defaulter to hide.

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