The National Society of Ghana Music Producers held its Copyright workshop this past July. Read all about Ghana’s Copyright Laws here. I will tell you guys one thing, Ghana’s copyright statute is nice and easy to read, I love it. It also shares so much similarities with US copyright law and offers certain protections that …
May7ven Signs Music Deal with Skata Records Entertainment UK – Record Label Agreements
Nigerian Entertainment Today (NET) reports May7ven, British-Nigerian songstress, allegedly just inked a record label deal with Skata Records Entertainment (SRE). Who is SRE? I have never heard of them so I do not know. However, who they are is not per se relevant to you. What is relevant to you is, as an artist or …
NBC Bans D’Banj-Don Jazzy “Big Yansh” Oliver Twist Song, Let’s Have a Debate About Use of the Word “Yansh”
Do you all know how much I was told that I was a very beautiful girl, growing up in Nigeria, but what I lacked was a “big yansh” and a “thick plump” figure to be considered truly desired girl by boys and ultimately men? Don’t ask me why people even thought to say that to …
D’Banj Says, Promoters Get A Manual on How to Promote Events If You Will Book Me #Promoter Agreements
Over the years, I have had numerous persons contact my office (here in the USA) to potentially pursue legal action in Artist-Promoter event gone very bad situations. I also know, as one who has attended my fair of Nigerian and other African organized events, that there is a serious problem with event organization in the …
Africa Legal Drama: Colosal Entertainment Sues Soul E for Breach of Contract, Wins ₦160million
I have covered what happens when an artist terminates a contract with a label and what was at stake when Kel left Capital Hill in September 2010. That situation was amicable. This time, the situation is not so amicable. Artist Soul E signed to Colosal Entertainment attempted to walk out on his label. The label sued …