Music: Slaying The Collective Rights Monster
Keynote: 2Face Idibia
Panelists: Olisa Adibua, Edi Lawani, Tony Okoroji, Adebambo Adewopo
Host: IK Osakioduwa (good host)
Tweets by Uduak Oduok, Esq.
Retweets included:@Fozadoza | @lizlenjo | @freemedigital | @thenetng | @akinyemilaw @nwa_lagos | @lumes_bg |@IamSimoJandie | LagosMusicBizConf’14 @nwa_lagos |@A2ME_Conference
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Event Date: 4/23/2014
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Event: The 2nd Annual Nigerian Entertainment Conference
2014 Theme: Creating Pathways to the Future
Event Live streamed.
My AML Rockstar from this panel session is 2Face with his key note. He was pretty brave and I think the average Nigerian will become aware because he is the face of discussing artist rights and the impact on the artist when intellectual property rights are undermined.
Cheers,
Uduak
Photocredit: Thenetng.net (producers of NEC 2014)
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JandieDHitmaker @IamSimoJandie 18h @UDUAKLAW @COSON @A2ME_Conference Unless gov’t restricts the creation private Collective Management bodies, COSON isn’t compulsory. #NecLiveUduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h @lumes_bg @fozadoza @theNETng *We also need a legal workshop and one one one sessions with lawyers tied into the conf. for value.* #NECLIVE
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Bilderberg Esq. @lumes_bg 18h “@fozadoza: The mere fact that a legal panel isn’t involved, shows that all the talk we talked last #NECLIVE was 4gotten” cc @theNETngUduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h @Lagbaja says it is 2014 we cannot be saying no software or no logs. BUILD AN INSTITUTION. You guys, what an amazing HOT panel! #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h @Lagbaja says: 1)Both sides need to create logs COSON and radio; 2) Be aware of Work-Made for Hire Laws; 3) COSON Needs a Software. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h @Lagbaja says what Okoroji has done is great but the future needs to be kept in mind and that means more than 1 CMO. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h @Lagbaja says dat no institution should be built around one person.COSON is an incredible organization,but one single body not ok. #NECLIVE.
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h I agree with Tony Okoroji. @Larageorge and all artists have a responsibility too. Ask questions. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h Tony Okoroji explains that @Larageorge’s money is there and held in escrow until she registers and completes details to get paid. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h @Larageorge addresses Tony Okoroji.”Why is that I have not received a check sir?You say that whether I sign or not COSON collects” #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h Efe Omoregbe, @lagbaja @NaetoC @larageorge all have statements.
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Bilderberg Esq. @lumes_bg 18h irony is dat monitorin n loggin is easier today with digital tech n media. ISRC codes r embedded in files @ mastering stage 1/2 #NECLIVEUduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h @ik_osakioduwa says lets fix the future were the past has not been fixed. I AGREE. Although we do need to look to the past. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h ”I think it is critical that COSON should obtain their own software to track radio play.” #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h @ik_osakioduwa take a bit more control of your panel. You were doing fine until now. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h arguments between Eddie and @ik_osakioduwa. Now Olisa Adibua providing clarity on the issues.I think both sides have strong points. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h @ik_osakioduwa can you ask COSON about d issue of consent from the artists before licensing or collecting in their behalf? #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h “The radio station(s) are not better protectors of the rights of musicians than COSON.” -Tony Okoroji. Agreed. FOCUS on the law. #NECLIVE
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James Silas @Jarmzone 18h Radio stations don’t log their music for proper documentation and reconciliation… Eddie Lawani #NECLiveRetweeted by Uduak Oduok
#ENTERKRANER @fozadoza 18h #NECLIVE question is why hasn’t COSON contracted the software development to a private company yet? Or don’t they have the “govt’s backingRetweeted by Uduak Oduok
Freeme Digital @freemedigital 18h Stations can b sanctioned if they violate the tenets of their license. y do they nt keep logs? This violates their license #NECLIVE #enforceUduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h I think it is not @COSON’s problem to help artists collect money if they do not sign up as members. There is no contract. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h “What do you say to artists that do not want to link with @COSON at all? How do they collect their money someone ask?” #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h @2faceidibia – 2BABA you no answer question nah. Wetin. Sey artist suppose collect if artist no work 4 dat year? Answer – YES #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 18h @ik_osakioduwa good moderation. Poses question to @2faceidibia. If you are n artist n u have not put music out, should you collect? #NECLIVE
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Liz Lenjo @LizLenjo 19h The challenge of lack of logs by broadcasters to aid in royalty dist. is a problem faced by not only by Kenya. @KenyaCopyright #NECLIVERetweeted by Uduak Oduok
Elizabeth Ogunnowo @LizzySlizzie 19h Edi Lawani says producer who is outrightly paid off (by contract) after the recording shouldnt come back to lay claims to rights #NECLIVEUduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Okay Okoroji, answer the specific question on how the rates are determined. I think we need clarity to move forward. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h IBAN offers 1.5Million Naira per year for all the music played by all Nigerians vs the enormous amounts paid in other countries. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Okoroji says they had to take Silverbird back to court because they refuse to release the logs so that @COSON can have these logs. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Okoroji says there are 2 levels of distributions: 1) General and 2) Specific. General everyone gets it. Specific is based on logs. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Great question by @ik_osakioduwa on how does COSON decide the rates and distribution. That is what everyone wants to know. #NECLIVE
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LagosMusicBizConf’14 @nwa_lagos 19h @UDUAKLAW @weirdmcofficial @PMAN_Official Good! Now the collecting societies and media co need to work on agreeable metrics + auditable logsRetweeted by Uduak Oduok
.LagosMusicBizConf’14 @nwa_lagos 19h @UDUAKLAW @PMAN_Official Very True. We need music accountants + global standard metrics that can be deployed for local use and are auditableUduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h The issue of music producer is being addressed. The contractual framework and the way producers have paid, credits etc. #NECLIVE
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IG: yeancarh_smylez @yeancarh_smylez 19h More like I’m in the #NECLive by just reading tweets from @UDUAKLAW. Indepth analysis of what’s going down there right now.Retweeted by Uduak Oduok
MusicBusinessSession @A2ME_Conference 19h @UDUAKLAW COSON really need to work on that so the issue abt what the rate of royalties will be .Retweeted by Uduak Oduok
#ENTERKRANER @fozadoza 19h @A2ME_Conference @UDUAKLAW @akinyemilaw we have new fresh and equally passionate and educated entertainment legal minds available.Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h I share Olisa Adibua’s position on the issues and they have been the issues I have been raising on @Africamusiclaw. #NECLIVE
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Freeme Digital @freemedigital 19h How does COSON bill? Does COSON have the software to monitor and track who’s music is played in Lagos @OfficialOlisa #NECLIVEUduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW19h Olisa Adibua says COSON does not have the technology infrastructure to monitor music being played. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Olisa Adibua says you can’t just pay the artists. Songwriters, music producers and other investors need to be paid. #NECLIVE
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Freeme Digital @freemedigital 19h 22 stations in Lagos only 18 hav licenses to operate in Lagos out them ONLY 6 or 7 were compliant in regards to logs and royalties #NECLIVEUduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Olisa Adibua says he has never heard any station owner say they do not want to pay. What the issue has been is HOW MUCH. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Okoroji says they don’t just talk, they take action. #NECLIVE
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LagosMusicBizConf’14 @nwa_lagos 19h @bhm @ayenithegreat Why isn’t @PMAN_Official involved or represented at #NECLIVERetweeted by Uduak Oduok
LagosMusicBizConf’14 @nwa_lagos 21h @UDUAKLAW They (Alaba Marketers) still operate the only recognizable distribution network in Nigeria. They just need to be regulated.Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Tony Okoroji says about 2years ago, they sued EKO Hotel, where the conference is being held. #NECLIVE
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Freeme Digital @freemedigital 19h In our intellectual property (IP) we have our greatest wealth, oil will run dry but the creativity of our people will never run dry #NECLIVERetweeted by Uduak Oduok
NET Newspapers @theNETng 19h ’Oil will run dry but the creativity of our people will never’ – Tony Okoroji #NECLiveRetweeted by Uduak Oduok
#ENTERKRANER @fozadoza 19h #NECLIVE I mentioned last year on the need to have a sit down with the key heads of alaba to work things out ADR approach not sue sueUduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h SOLID panels overall and great to see all important stakeholders present. Many @Africamusiclaw readers on panels slaying it. 🙂 #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @fozadoza @akinyemilaw *Completely agree. I don’t know how the industry keeps talking about legal rights but have no lawyers on?? #NECLIVE
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#ENTERKRANER @fozadoza 19h So why there is no legal panel on #NECLIVE this year is appalling tho @akinyemilaw @UDUAKLAW and everything being discussed has a legal feelUduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h *The law understands the creation of the mind as intellectual property. . . Nigerians typically don’t.” -Tony Okoroji @NECLIVE
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Freeme Digital @freemedigital 19h Nigeria is a developing market, the radio stations are guilty of not paying @ik_osakioduwa of @937RhythmFm but we are all guilty #NECLIVERetweeted by Uduak Oduok
Osagie Alonge @OsaGz 19h ’70% of the radio stations cannot properly log music they play’ – @ik_osakioduwa #NECLiveUduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @ik_osakioduwa *contd. have downloaded music illegally; 3) most radio stations that broadcast music do not log the music they play. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @ik_osakioduwa says: 1) Artists are all guilty and have made money but not paid taxes; 2) half of the people in the room #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @ik_osakioduwa now hosting the topic of “Slaying the Collective Rights Management Monster.” #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @2faceidibia you looked good, great pacing, right tone, strong substance even though I disagreed with some parts, good humor. :)* #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h LOL! @2faceidibia is funny. “I am not 2 good at making speeches but I think I have tried my possible best n I hope u understood me. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h ”A world class collective management system will not fall on our laps. Everyone has to be involved. . . ” @2faceidibia #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @2faceidibia Also, if approved CMOs are not doing well, then 2Face says we should challenge them. All hands need to be on deck. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h ”There has to be some sort of non-violent, non-abusive occupy type of Nigeria move with collective rights.” @2faceidibia #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @2faceidibia *Do not rely on hearsay. Do your research. Don’t believe what I am saying. Go do your own research.* #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @2faceidibia’s solutions: 1) All rights owners, arm yourselves with getting an education. READ UP ON WHAT CONSTITUTES YOUR RIGHTS. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @2faceidibia says the law looks great on the books but the practical application becomes at issue. Now sharing solutions. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @2faceidibia taking us to school. He is defining the right(s) granted by law to a CMO, the duties of a CMO, among other definitions. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h “The biggest problem affecting the industry is individual interests. If we can put our individual interests . . .” @2faceidibia #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @freemedigital @2faceidibia *LOL!. 2Face will soon become lawyer and that will be cool actually. *
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Freeme Digital @freemedigital 19h Section 39 of the copyright act provides that unlawful to act as a collection society without due approval @2faceidibia #NECLIVE #schoolUduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h I agree with the underlying premise by @2faceidibia. I also agree that @COSON has made some great strides. I disagree 1 CMO is it. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Smart move for COSON and the likes to have @2faceidibia push their agenda. He is even quoting and reading the legal statutes. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @2faceidibia is arguing for one CMO and says more than one CMO has not helped furthered the cause of the industry. Hmm political #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Interesting to see @2faceidibia who is closely associated with Efe omoregbe and COSON lay down the history. @2faceidibia #NECLIVE #smart
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h ”You want to make chocolate but you don’t want to pay (for) cocoa.” @2faceidibia #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h “They will hang onto any excuse not to pay for royalties. They are people that are exposed that know they should pay.”@2faceidibia #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h “It is unfortunate that these station pay all of their staff members, they pay diesel, but refuse to pay the artists.” @2faceidibia #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h ”Commercial users in the broadcast believe they are doing the artist a favor and this is crazy. . .” @2faceidibia #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h ”Artists pay people in Alaba to market their music.” @2faceidibia #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h The first collective rights monster is that “music is free. Artists do not understand their value.” @2faceidibia #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @2faceidibia educating with his speech. Defining moral rights, discussing d “collective rights monster.” This should b interesting #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 20h Next panel: “Music Business Panel. – Slaying the Corrective Rights Monster.” #NECLIVE
