On Saturday, May 20, 2017, all roads will lead to Ikeja, Lagos for the historic day in the annals of the Nigerian creative industry as Nigeria’s glitterati gather to commission the magnificent COSON House in the city. Painstaking arrangements are in top gear to ensure that the much anticipated event is memorable and hitch free.…
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Copyright Infringement: No Safe Haven For Telcos—Okoroji
Chairman of Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, Tony Okoroji, has said that there will be no hiding place for telecommunication companies operating in Nigeria who do not respect the intellectual property rights of creative people whose works these companies exploit for profit. Speaking at the COSON Stakeholders’ Forum which took place in Ibadan on September…
Stakeholders Forum: Olubadan Hosts COSON
The royal palace of the Olubadan of Ibadan, His Majesty, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji was a beehive of activities on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 as the leadership of Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, invaded the ancient city of Ibadan for the Stakeholder’s Forum scheduled to hold in the state on Thursday, September 8, 2016 at…
COSON Calls For Day-Long Hunger Strike On ‘No Music Day’
Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, Nigeria’s sole approved collective management organization for musical works and sound recordings has called on its thousands of members across the country, other stakeholders in the music industry and lovers of music in Nigeria who are sympathetic to the plight of creative people ravaged by piracy and other forms of…
Why COSON Lawyers Are On Rampage—Okoroji
Recently, the Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, went to court asking the Federal High Court to restrain the Federal Government owned FRCN from further broadcast of music on any of FRCN’s 42 radio stations across Nigeria. In quick succession, COSON followed the FRCN suit with a 16 Billion Naira court action against telecommunication giant MTN.…
Etisalat Gets N11b Lawsuit
Telecoms giant, Etisalat, has been slammed with an N11 billion lawsuit barely a month after their competitor, MTN was sued for N16 billion by the Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON. The latest is coming from the collective management organization for musical works and sound recordings in Nigeria. Joined in the suit at the Federal High…
COSON Tacks FG On Showbiz Engagement
From every nook and cranny of the country, hundreds of gaily dressed members of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), the nation’s sole approved Collective Management Organization for musical works and sound recordings, on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, stormed the Oramiyan Hall of Lagos Airport Hotel for the 6th Annual General Meeting of the society. Among…
MTN Gets N16bn Lawsuit From COSON
Top telecoms firm in Nigeria, MTN, has been slammed with a N16 billion lawsuit by the Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON. The company was taken to a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos for alleged copyright infringement. The suit was filed by COSOM’s counsel, Justin Ige in a 43 paragraph Statement of Claim with the…
COSON At War With 42 FRCN Stations In Nigeria
There is a war presently brewing between the Copyright Society of Nigeria, COSON, and the 42 Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, stations in Nigeria. COSON has approached a Federal High Court in Lagos to stop the broadcast outfit owned by the Federal Government to stop further broadcast of music and sound recordings belonging to…
COSON Lawyers Go After Royalty Defaulters
Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), the nation’s sole government approved collective management organization for musical works and sound recordings, is ready for an unprecedented show down in courts across Nigeria with copyright infringers and royalty defaulters. To ensure that the battle is fought with no holds bared, COSON is rapidly expanding and strengthening its legal…