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Yinka Ayefele Denies Copyright Allegations By Beautiful Nubia

David Folami — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:30:46 +0000

Gospel singer Yinka Ayefele has denied claims that he copied the melody of his 2012 track “My Faith in God (Igbagbo Ireti)” from Beautiful Nubia’s 1997 song “Seven Lives.” Recall that the dispute began when Beautiful Nubia accused Ayefele and another artist, Bakare Boluwatife-Oluwatobi (BBO), of using his melody without credit. Dismissed the allegations on [...]

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Bimbo Ademoye’s Copyright Complaint Will Be Urgently Addressed – Sam George

David Folami — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:00:16 +0000

Ghanaian Minister of Communication, Sam George has come out to react to Nollywood actress, Bimbo Ademoye blasting Ghana TV stations for airing her movies without permission. He recently had her say via his social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, Bimbo’s complaint would receive the urgent attention it deserves because he [...]

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Lina Iris Viktor, Kendrick Lamar Resolve Copyright Differences

David Folami — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 07:49:39 +0000

Artist Lina Iris Viktor has finally settled with musicians Kendrick Lamar and SZA in her copyright lawsuit against them. Viktor claimed that Lamar and SZA had used her work without her copyright in the music video for their song ‘All the Stars’, which was part of the soundtrack for the 2018 Marvel blockbuster Black Panther. [...]

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Stephanie Linus Slammed With N100M Lawsuit For Copyright Infringement

David Folami — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 20:43:00 +0000

Stephanie Okereke-Linus has been served with a N100 million copyright infringement lawsuit for her movie, “Dry.” The Nollywood actress and filmmaker is being sued by writer and lawyer, Miss Daniella Madudu, OlisaTV reports. The lawsuit comes shortly after Miss Madudu accused Linus of stealing the storyline for the 2015 movie “Dry,” from her original literature, [...]

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Ed Sheeran Settles Copyright Lawsuit

David Folami — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 00:22:56 +0000

British star Ed Sheeran has settled the lawsuit with two songwriters who claim his hit song “Photograph” was derived from their work. The songwriters Martin Harrington and Thomas Leonard were seeking at least $20 million in damages in a copyright infringement lawsuit after claiming that their song “Amazing” was copied “verbatim, note-for-note.” According to Just [...]

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Sugarboy, Kiss Daniel In Alleged Copyright Infringement Scandal

David Folami — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 08:56:52 +0000

Barely 24 hours after the release of their single, “Kilamity”, G-Worldwide acts, Sugarboy and Kiss Daniel, could be sued for copyright infringement. The Pop-Dancehall track which quickly garnered the attention of fans is now the centre of a planned copyright infringement lawsuit aimed at G-Worldwide Music. The Silent Music Company act, Barz, released a song, [...]

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Ubi Franklin Accuses Manager Of Copyright Theft

David Folami — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 05:52:58 +0000

Chinny Love Eze is accusing Ubi Franklin of copyright theft and she says she if ready to fight him with all she has got. The filmmaker took to her Instagram page on Monday, March 20, 2017, to call out the MMMG boss over a script titled, “Bruised”, which she claims is her intellectual property. She [...]

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Eminem Battles $8m Lawsuit For Copyrights Infringement

David Folami — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 20:33:26 +0000

Best rapper alive, Eminem, has been sued by another rapper who claims that Marshal Matters sampled his song without his permission. Ramond Jones, a rapper from the group Hotstylez claims Eminem sampled his song “Lookin Boy” in his “Rap God” record without his permission and has now sued the rapper. Raymond Jones wants $8m compensation [...]

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Six Strikes Copyright Alert System Can’t Be The Future of Copyright Enforcemen

EFFSource — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 05:20:30 +0000

Last week, the group behind the copyright monitoring and enforcement system commonly known as “Six Strikes” released some data about its operations for the first time. The Center for Copyright Information (CCI), a group created and funded by major movie studios, music labels, and Internet service providers revealed that their Copyright Alert System (CAS) sent [...]

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Aereo TV-Streaming Service will go to Supreme Court Tomorrow over Copyright Claims

Adewale A. — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:32:48 +0000

Aereo, a media startup that streams broadcasted live television over the Internet for paying users, is facing claims against it in the Supreme Court tomorrow. The result of this ruling could very well change not just live television and its ability…

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ISPs Have Installed the “Six-Strike” System To Get Your Speeds Throttled

Adewale A. — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 19:50:32 +0000

A United States Chamber of Commerce representative made the official announcement today that the Copyright Alert System, also known as the “six-strike” system, is now fully in place across Internet Service Providers. We first caught wind of this…

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