fstranger3:

You seem to be having issues with the concept of 'intellectual rights'

Ge educate yourself. Stop making a 'foolery' of yourself all over NL over this trivial issue.

you can start here: www.google.com

fstranger3:

You seem to be having issues with the concept of 'intellectual rights'

Ge educate yourself. Stop making a 'foolery' of yourself all over NL over this trivial issue.

you can start here: www.google.com

In August 2010, Bluelabs Limited conceptualised and developed an 'inspirational song called Transformation', to get the youth engaged in the electoral process and possibly pitch to interested parties for campaign purposes. We then produced a video (set against a montage of sweeping imagery designed to evoke a sense of patriotism) for the 'transformation' song and made it available for viewing on a website.

In March 2011, it came to our attention that the Buhari/Bakare team of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) had placed a video on all CPC's official e-channels (Buhari/Bakare Official Facebook page, youtube and the website) and the video was going viral.

To our greatest consternation, the video was set against our Transformation Song and adopted similar graphics. The feedback that viewers gave the video would have been extremely pleasing to the CPC, as many commentators remarked on how overwhelmed they were by the song, how patriotic it made them feel and how it had changed their minds tovote for the CPC.

While we were delighted at the testament to the quality of our company's work, we felt seriously aggrieved that our song had been ripped and used in broadcasts without authorisation or license from us.

It is therefore incumbent upon us to inform Nigerians and the world at large that the CPC cannot be the bastion of honesty it purports to be if it is the policy of the party to dismiss the legitimate claims of young, honest, hardworking Nigerians for just recompense for the fruit of their labour.

CPC cannot say that it respects the Rule of Law if it has abject disregard for the fundamentals of the Nigerian Copyright Act. If Buhari and Bakare staff their campaign HQ with people who have displayed no semblance of an understanding of such basic principles, what hope can Nigerians have for the kind of government they would form if elected? If their campaign office is staffed with people who think refusal of service of a letter is appropriate because elections are only 7 days away, or under any circumstances at all, can we expect them to form a decent and civil government?

The Buhari/Bakare team stole our idea. They stole our intellectual property. They have refused to even discuss compensation with us despite the adulation that our work has now garnered for them.

Support us against this injustice. Join us in our quest to demonstrate that there is no time, be it 7 months or 7 days to the elections when it is right to cheat people of the fruit of their labour.

We invite you to watch our video, then watch theirs and draw your conclusion.

abibio2001:

From comments on the website,http://buharistoleouridea.com, some people claim the soundtrack was performed by Omolara Ayodele, a philosophy graduate of University of Ibadan turned singer/songwriter with the Cohbams Asuquo Music Production outfit. Is this true?  If so, why havent they come out to complain about copyright infringements?or acknowledge they sold the rights to Bluelabs?  Hmmmmm
 

9ijaMan:

Why not just show us who the owners of the intellectual rights for the two videos which are freely available on YouTube? When an item becomes freely available online, you lose all financial and otherwise claims you can make for such against anyone who uses it. Perhaps google.com will be more useful for you.

Bluelabs has not come out to claim they own the free YouTube videos, or have they just woken up from their deep slumber just to be in the news for a few minutes?

head_to_to:

the bolded is the current most stooopid thing ever said by anyone on the internet as at today.

Look, you are saying, if i write or create a song, an article or a scientific idea, and put it for free on the internet, then I have lost all claims including IP and copyrights on that item? Do you think at all?

freezy:

I think everybody has a right to vote for his or her choice.
Name calling because 'A' has decided to vote for 'B' should be the least important.
Instead of BB supporters resorting to using negative language on PDP and pro-GEJ fans, I feel they should point out more of what the BB administration has to offer. We are sick and tired of the endless castigation going on.

And like they say in them Gladiator games "May the best team win"

usbcable:

BUhari is not fit to govern as president:

His first stint is evidence enough:

It was his deputy that did most of the works. and yet again he is riding on the goodwill of his running mate this time around.

In his previous attempts against OBJ and yaradua he didnt have this support and no one called him messiah.

So when did he transform into one.

ANswer is: BAKARE. and bakare is more of a clergy man  rather than a leader/politician/administrator.

head_to_to:

the bolded is the current most stooopid thing ever said by anyone on the internet as at today.

Look, you are saying, if i write or create a song, an article or a scientific idea, and put it for free on the internet, then I have lost all claims including IP and copyrights on that item? Do you think at all?

oluwabamis:

seun, i think you must be as neutral as possible when it comes to this election issues since you are c.e.o. of this forum.
the reason is simple, we cant have an honest analysis if the head of the forum has a candidate he supports.
you are just like a traditional ruler, who is supposed to be neutral politically for the sake of peace in his kingdom.

the same thing goes fof INEC, Judiciary and the NGOs, you happen to fall into this category.

opalu:

YOU JUST TOOK OFF THE WORDS FROM MY OWN MIND ALSO.
SEUN, BE CAREFUL. AISHA2 AND JARUS ARE LIKE COACHES BUT YOU ARE LIKE A REFREE.

omogidi234:

I am really shocked the OP can post this article based on the level of his exposure. If somebody steals your idea, don't you have means of redressing the breach or the purported stealing in court? What has stealing of idea got to do with election? OP and BLUELABS LIMITED please go to court and let us hear word.

otukpo:

Unfortunately for those anti-GEJ's,

The ordinary person on the streets of Lagos and down east has no other name in mind than GEJ.

The masses are not even talking of PDP but Goodluck, even ACN members.

GEJ may not be the smartest to run Nigeria but he is sure the best out of the lot contesting the presidency with him.

i am not voting party, I will vote for GEJ and BRF.[color=#770077][/color]

twinstaiye:

When eldee make noise about his idea that his co musicians enacted for GEJ, you BB boys were all over the net, making noise out of it, now that the tide turn to your side, you were fighting like a bull. This shows that your Buhari isnt what you think he is, better admit it.
If you BB boys dont know, you make a lot of noise on the Internet, and that wont win you the election. Seun has the right to choose whom to vote for and the the reasons he gave I agreed to it 100%. He might be the Admin, whom he is voting for is not official for nairaland, it is his personal decision. For God's sake we cant take his right to decide whom to vote from him simply because he gave us this wonderful webbie.
BB campaign hasnt come out since last week to tell us where they got the song, and it was the same song the BB campaign claimed was rejected by NTA, which you all make noise about also.
I had always said it that all of them are devils, why dont you vote for the devils you know than unknown devils, with unknown party ideology that you dont know. GEJ all d way to victory!!!

head_to_to:

comot there. whats shocking in posting a news item? Did he tell you he is the one complaining?

some people dont even have brains at all.