Keynote: Pat Utomi
Panelists: BasketMouth, Gbenga George, Obi Asika, Aina Kusoro
Tweets by Uduak Oduok, Esq.
Retweets included: @mealdredO (Mildred Okwo, Director the Meeting.)
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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 at this panel session was audience member and Gospel artist Lara George.
Her classic quote at the event:
“‘I spend months in the studio record, you take my music and distribute it whatever way you do and take 80% of the profits. The middle man between will take another 50% from the remaining 20% and leave me with almost nothing. That has to stop, we need a law that will stipulate the percentages these middle men get. . .”
Cheers,
Uduak
Photocredit: Thenetng.net
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Speaker says artists liquidate their copyrights when they show up and dance at events. Interesting. Not sure I got that point. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Question asked, “an artist sends a consumer a link to download for free. His/her label sends a link to buy on iTunes.” Thoughts? #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @MealdredO *I agree and they need to be a part of these conversations.* #NECLIVE
Retweeted by Uduak Oduok
MOVIEMAKER @MealdredO 19h @UDUAKLAW They are the only people who have any structure whatsoever. But educated people keep wearing suits and talking.Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @obiasika says the private sector is key to the success of the entertainment industry. We shouldn’t be so focused on government. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @obiasika says “content is content. It can be on a thousand platforms but how do you monetize it. That’s the question.” #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Good session on distribution. It allows me to spot some of the business and practical legal solutions to proffer going forward. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h ”Real Value should go to the real owner of the content.” #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Artists, if you sign a deal with a corporate brand/sponsor and they take 80% of your profit, what kind of deal is that? #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h I liked that Lara George makes it clear that we can’t discuss piracy without taking a look at corporate pirates. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Chocolate (City) Staff says not every one in Africa is online. While we are going online, we should still create better structure offline. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Chocolate City staff says legislature exists. Enforcement is the issue. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Dr. Sid now asking a question/Commenting. He says we r forgetting the end user. There has to be a reorientation of the end consumer #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Lara George says, she sees her bottom line and sees that she makes a lot of money but 90% has been shared with TELCOs. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Lara George makes a comment. “She says the issue is not about physical distribution. Ringtones etc. also involved.” #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h ”We should stop blackmailing people. The Alaba people are also investors.” I agree with this. Isolating Alaba makes no sense. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h It appears to me that we probably need to have the conversations include the marketers. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Current speaker says we keep discussing technology but have we ever considered the disadvantage of technology? #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h You cannot talk about distribution without discussing profits. An investor is about making profit. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @obiasika says yes you definitely need digital but the infrastructure is also needed. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @obiasika The conversation has shifted from waiting for the government to do something. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h @obiasika says until you validate the show side of the business, there is no business to discuss. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Question now posed to @obiasika on alternative distribution platforms. How do you put your content in the wallet of Nigerians? #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 19h Agree? “The easiest way to fix piracy right now (in Nigeria’s Entertainment Industry) is to push everything online” – Basketmouth #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 20h What will happen wholistically if we have corporate encouragement to help build cinemas rather than individuals. -Lancelot Imasuen #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 20h Lancelot Imasuen says the government typically invite artists to perform, they dance and that’s it. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 20h Lancelot Imasuen: “The entertainment business in Nigeria remains that the govt. does not realize it is a serious business.” #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 20h We need to understand the role of distribution in the Nigerian entertainment industry. #NECLIVE
Uduak Oduok @UDUAKLAW 20h The only regulation that we have right now is the NCC. The Entertainment industry is so much bigger than the copyright act. #NECLIVE
