My thoughts exactly. Or is “Joromi” a trademarked word?
If it is, or if he invented the word, then he might have a case, if not, veterans should stop intimidating the new generation with copyright copyright sue sue sue.

Donald7610:
The word joromi is not enough to claim infringement
You don't have to bring ppl down to be relevant
Respect yourself sir

elshanAutos:

Many of them are here on nairaland, in the form of bloggers! They steal people’s work, with impunity, and make no effort to even give credit or source. Sad..

dont worry the trend will change. presently handling a case of unauthorized of a person's image and claiming heavy damages.

bestspoke:
Jokers .... You better get someone to educate you about what qualifies an intellectual property and stop fooling around.No patent nothing.

What should KSA now say to the no of artists that have remodelled his songs

do know u if KSA kept quiet because those artists acknowledged him? why should to acknowledge someone harder to do when u want to use their intellectual property ehn . just a fone call perhaps.

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bestspoke:
Jokers .... You better get someone to educate you about what qualifies an intellectual property and stop fooling around.No patent nothing.

What should KSA now say to the no of artists that have remodelled his songs

bestspoke:
Jokers .... You better get someone to educate you about what qualifies an intellectual property and stop fooling around.No patent nothing.

What should KSA now say to the no of artists that have remodelled his songs

Respect ur grandfather/ grey hair so dat u'll last long(grow old )too.There is seed/harvest time

martineverest:
typical nigerian youth... senseless

really sad that old man knows good right better than Nigerian youths

For those telling him to go and sit down or to respect himself or he is seeking relevance, I pity you. This man is a professor, former commissioner and owner of a well renowned and popular museum cum art gallery in Benin (Revelation Tourist Palazzo). He is in fact very wealthy both in knowledge and materially. Before Simi, Davido and the rest you had the GUITAR BOY, Sir Victor Uwaifo. I believe he must have trademarked "joromi" well before now. intact the road which leads to his gallery is called joromi. He knows what he is talking about.

pinkyruledworld:
he can do nada unless he patented the word 'joromi' because the lyrics, tune, sound and song doesnt sound alike. He just dey bluff

Go and listen to the guitar played on simi's own and listen to the guitar sir uwaifo played then you will know what is called copyright.

martineverest:
typical nigerian youth... senseless

really sad that old man knows good right better than Nigerian youths

More troubling is the glaring hypocrisy of nairalanders, if you go back to the thread on copyright infringement involving tekno and danfo drivers you would be convinced of the level of hypocrisy, on that thread everyone of these kids were calling for tekno's head, one even volunteered to hire a lawyer for danfo drivers, buh in this case it is a different tone... they are all berating Sir victor uwaifo cos simi is their beloved treasure.....sickening I must say

IForgotMyLoginD:
My thoughts exactly. Or is “Joromi” a trademarked word?
If it is, or if he invented the word, then he might have a case, if not, veterans should stop intimidating the new generation with copyright copyright sue sue sue.

go educate yourself please. is it the word Joromi that Uwaifo is claiming an infringement of or his song 'joromi'?

is 'Hello' not a word? is 'Hello' also not the title of two different popular songs -one by Lionel richie and the more recent one by Adiele?
i tire for nigerians.

the veterans are not intimidating no new generation. those men were youths when they worked their brains and came up with something unique and beautiful. the new generation should stop copying. work your brain, task your mind. and if you must copy get into proper legal arrangements and agreements with the original right holder and give credit to them fir their hardwork and creativity. no be to dey copy people work dey use am shine

RRWraith:

More troubling is the glaring hypocrisy of nairalanders, if you go back to the thread on copyright infringement involving tekno and danfo drivers you would be convinced of the level of hypocrisy, on that thread everyone of these kids were calling for tekno's head, one even volunteered to hire a lawyer for danfo drivers, buh in this case it is a different tone... they are all berating Sir victor uwaifo cos simi is their beloved treasure.....sickening I must say

it's sad

mistercharles:
This man na mumu abeg!
The only thing Simi copied was the song tittle which i believe is allowed jare!

I don't agree with him mused but i will never descend to the level of calling him a mumu. This is a musical legend in his 70s we're talking about here, show some respect!

Donald7610:
The word joromi is not enough to claim infringement
You don't have to bring ppl down to be relevant
Respect yourself sir

What does Joromi mean? Even simi herself can't deny where she got it from. I love her rendition but the Sir Victor Uwaifo was the first person that came to my mind when I heard it

LeoThaGreat:
If this happened in the US or Western Europe, baba for don dey ball right now. I just hope this lack of proper system ends so people start earning real royalties for their hard work

Kindly visit the link below to listen to the outcome of my hard work

It is just a word! Do you know how many artists have used the word 'Bootylicious' in their music since Beyonce sang it? Do you think they all paid her to sing with it? Even Oxford incorporated the word in their dictionary and paid her nothing for it. No court is going to award settlement to an artist because someone else use a word they coined or used. You can only have a case if your lyrics or beats get used without permission as in the case of danfo drivers vs Tekno saga.

What's joromi? Is a sorrowful person that ought to have retired and his claiming ownership of song that was recorded long time ago.



Gbagbe o si....

Gbengazzee:
Some posts here are childish. Infringing on someone's intellectual property can result in a serious court case that no right person in his mind would want to get involve.

The word 'Joromi' came alive as a result of the song by Sir Uwaifo, the same word used by Simi. The two songs also has a rhythemic resemblance that you will think is a remix. Simi should have sought permission for the use of Sir Uwaifo lyrics.

Oga the song doesn't sound alike at all

Cyrealmusic:

Its clear you know nothing about copyright.
Simi should be in jail, she is a thief

Go and jail her na.

Rextayne:
Stùpid and senseless Nigerian youth.

Tell me, sensible fellow, he couldn’t find a sensible way to handle this? He is behaving like danfo drivers. I understand you though.

bestspoke:
Jokers .... You better get someone to educate you about what qualifies an intellectual property and stop fooling around.No patent nothing.

What should KSA now say to the no of artists that have remodelled his songs

because you don't know your rights.

swiz123:
All to gain relevance... SMH

Well simi should just give him 10k, just like tekno did for danfo drivers.

It's obvious you don't understand history. So I'll advise you Google the name "Sir Victor Uwaifo"!!

BeemaxWorld:
What a disgrace to Nigeria. Please how many presidents do we hear always leaving their country to another country for medical checkup.

Nigeria president going for checkup in UK is a big shame to the country as a whole. If the Nigerian president is not confident about the health care system in his country, then I wonder about the masses that can't even afford a trip by bus to neighboring countries.

The number one citizen of a country finding better health care outside his country and leaving those he rules to die in the country.

We are coming for all politicians soon. We will end all corrupt lives by all means. It is a greater war than that of the child's play Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen are doing but we know we will be fighting a greater course.

All level of government will be wiped out and the humble shall rule.

We are getting ready to what has never been seen before in Nigeria. No Level for any useless cabal from the presidency.

This is just a brief information for what is expected.

I support you but no killings of ordinary citizens

Whizdorm001:
Baba respect yourself oooh

You get elders for wherever you come out from

Whizdorm001:
Baba respect yourself oooh

Se o nj baba sha? May u not sow and another reap. Is the old.man asking for money?

swiz123:
All to gain relevance... SMH

Well simi should just give him 10k, just like tekno did for danfo drivers.

300k

laidelaitan:
Simi Is In Trouble For Stealing From Me - Prof. Uwaifo

Days after her boyfriend, Adekunle Gold, called out Nollywood for using his songs without consent, legendary musician, Sir Victor Uwaifo, has said singer Simi is in trouble for "stealing" his intellectual property, 'Joromi'.

Professor Uwaifo's recognition soared when his song 'Joromi' became a hit in 1969. However, he says the song has now become a victim of intellectual property theft as Simi failed to give credit to him when she released her own version in 2017.

Uwaifo made this known in an interview with SaharaReporters at the Annual General Meeting of Copyright Society of Nigeria COSON, in Lagos.

The former commissioner for arts and culture in Edo State described copyright and Intellectual property theft as a very serious issue in Nigeria, saying it must be dealt with urgently as it is reducing the creativity of the new generation of musicians.

According to him, the process of making music has now significantly changed from what it used to be in his time, as “more mediocres” are now in the game.


https://www.headofsocials.com/2018/05/11/simi-is-in-trouble-for-stealing-from-me-prof-uwaifo/

Apart from the name of the song, the composition itself has no similarity at all to Victor Uwaifo’s song. There are no intellectual property rights in song titles. Baba should go and speak to a lawyer first and stop embarrassing himself. This isn’t the first time he’s said this.

somehow:


A 10 year old boy spotted.

A troll spotted.

Whizdorm001:
Baba respect yourself oooh

i dont blame u. When u lazy youth voted a granny with NEPA certificate, how will you know copyright laws

Whizdorm001:
Baba respect yourself oooh

He said the truth

laidelaitan:
Simi Is In Trouble For Stealing From Me - Prof. Uwaifo

Days after her boyfriend, Adekunle Gold, called out Nollywood for using his songs without consent, legendary musician, Sir Victor Uwaifo, has said singer Simi is in trouble for "stealing" his intellectual property, 'Joromi'.

Professor Uwaifo's recognition soared when his song 'Joromi' became a hit in 1969. However, he says the song has now become a victim of intellectual property theft as Simi failed to give credit to him when she released her own version in 2017.

Uwaifo made this known in an interview with SaharaReporters at the Annual General Meeting of Copyright Society of Nigeria COSON, in Lagos.

The former commissioner for arts and culture in Edo State described copyright and Intellectual property theft as a very serious issue in Nigeria, saying it must be dealt with urgently as it is reducing the creativity of the new generation of musicians.

According to him, the process of making music has now significantly changed from what it used to be in his time, as “more mediocres” are now in the game.


https://www.headofsocials.com/2018/05/11/simi-is-in-trouble-for-stealing-from-me-prof-uwaifo/

Mr man, take heart, you are old enough to be complaining. you are far better than her but she might have composed the sound herself.

It's been so long i heard from victor uwaifo....I'm sure he really succeeded in getting the attention he wanted. LOL

I make use of www.evrytin.com to filter out fake news and scam info on the internet. It's cool but just that it can't filter out bad belles out of one's life.

Deltayankeeboi:
"WHEN AND WHERE DID VICTOR UWAIFO MAKE SUCH STATEMENT"

GIVE US THE ORIGINAL POST COMING FROM VICTOR UWAIFO HIMSELF AS SOURCE NOT GIVING US YOUR BLOG AS SOURCE

who you wan take sell market.

fake news. stupid and hungry bloggers everywhere

one fake blogger will come up with a fake story, then the rest of you will copy and paste the story to y'all personal blogs. i wonder what kind of business that is.

serious advice. . you can never make it through blogging again. where were y'all when linda started.

right now your blog is just like a drop of water in the atlantic ocean of blogs

so y'all better chanel your energies into something else and stop wasting your time because your blog is only relevant on nairaland to seun, you waste your time creating numerous topics for him and he alone ends up getting the traffic while y'all get nothing. learn to use your head.

and please you olodo's should refrain from posting fake news all the time. it won't make your blog more popular. nonsense

On point.

dulux07:
so many things wrong in this country, d people always supporting d wrong thing.
Copyright theft is a big issue, even if its just a word u copy without notifying d original owner.

trustyshoess:

What does Joromi mean? Even simi herself can't deny where she got it from. I love her rendition but the Sir Victor Uwaifo was the first person that came to my mind when I heard it

RRWraith:

More troubling is the glaring hypocrisy of nairalanders, if you go back to the thread on copyright infringement involving tekno and danfo drivers you would be convinced of the level of hypocrisy, on that thread everyone of these kids were calling for tekno's head, one even volunteered to hire a lawyer for danfo drivers, buh in this case it is a different tone... they are all berating Sir victor uwaifo cos simi is their beloved treasure.....sickening I must say

You guys should stop showcasing your ignorance nah. The only similarity between the two songs is the song title and song titiles are "hardly ever" protected by copyright. Moreover Sir Victor Uwaifo did not create the name Joromi, it existed long before him. He popularised it, yes. But he did not create it.

Donald7610:
The word joromi is not enough to claim infringement
You don't have to bring ppl down to be relevant
Respect yourself sir

Keep ranting! Plagiarism is plagiarism. Let's even leave the implication of such, if committed with the academic world.

Remember 50cent? He almost gorged out eyes of a "bootlegger" when he saw him in a New York club.


I had a friend who was barred from entering the U.S.A, at JFK Airport because he was found with photocopied 'instruction guide' of AUTOCAD SOFTWARE--98 version. They were mad at him. Those people don't take it lightly when you VIOLATE THEIR PATENT RIGHTS.
What of the Italian instrumentalist who sued Michael Jackson for part usage of his instrumental notes? He won and was paid US $18M then!

Sir Uwaifo has a case against Simi. When her ilk won't stop releasing songs after 2mins sessions in their studios. Just release noise, softened with mixed beats. Days of yore was LYRICS-CENTRIC not these noises. John Drille harped on a chord which could draw their quality men of oldies to him. Lovely country vibes from him.

Lil Kesh need go internship before mapping his own label.

God bless folks.