A comedian and a producer, Ayo
Makun, alias AY, has written an
open letter to the Inspector
General of Police, Suleiman Abba,
on the piration of his movie.
AY, who produced the new movie
“30 Days in Atlanta” , urged the
IGP to use the machinery at his
disposal to identify and arrest
those involved in the nefarious
act.
The comedian, who made the copy
of the letter available to
journalistts, said he had already
put some measures in place to
curtail the activities of the
interlopers to no avail.
He said that he had contacted the
licensed distributors of the movie,
Silverbird Film Distribution; the
Director General of the National
Copyright Commission, Afam
Ezekude and Ahbu Ventures of
Alaba market.
“I have always heard of the risk
faced by honest producers and
loss of revenue due to the
activities of the incessant piracy
cabals operating freely, without
fear of the law in Nigeria.
“And within the past few weeks,
this has been my experience as I
heard of the leak of my movie to
various nefarious elements.
“No more should a miscreant be
celebrated or allowed to rape
intellectual properties of honest
hardworking citizens with
impunity, while the owners of the
property looks on helplessly.
“No more should movie producers
and other intellectual property
owners’ scramble to make the little
they can, before the ‘Alaba boys’
get their hands on the content.
“Alaba is part of Nigeria and as
such the activities therein ought to
be governed by the laws of
Nigeria,’’ he said.
AY said if the IGP did not curtail
the continued dominance of
piracy, producers would refuse to
make more movies for fear of
losing out.
The comedian had also used the
social media, including messages
on Blackberry to urge the public to
shun the hawkers of pirated works.
The movie, which featured AY, alongside
Nollywood stars like Ramsey Noah, Mercy
Johnson, Richard Mofe-Damijo and Hollywood
icons, Vivica Fox and Lyn Whitfield, was
largely shot in Atlanta, U.S.
The movie, which premiered in the country on
October 30, 2014, has since become the highest
earning Nigerian movie at the Box Office, with
reported gate takings of more than N100
million.
It also premiered at Ghanaian cinemas on
January 30.

www.premiumtimesng.com/arts-entertainment/177010-comedian-ay-writes-igp-on-piracy-of-movie-30-days-in-atlanta.html

Ok,but me don watch am oo,na 2H i buy 4 market oo,Ay abeg no vex,e no go happen again....

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Ok,but me don watch am oo,na 2H i buy 4 market oo,Ay abeg no vex,e no go happen again....

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