A Nigerian lawyer has advised legendary highlife musician Gentleman Mike Ejeagha to sue skit maker Brain Jotter for using his song to make millions of naira while offering just N2 million as compensation.
This advice came after Brain Jotter began searching for the highlife singer following a viral skit that featured his song from 2010.
Taking to the X platform, the legal practitioner, known simply as Nupe Lawyer, highlighted the implications of copyright infringement.
According to him, Mike Ejeagha would earn more by suing Brain Jotter than by accepting the N2 million naira compensation.
“I hope the man has a good lawyerš you canāt use someoneās song for content raking millions and offer to give the man ‘2 million’ as if you are helping the manš¤·āāļø,” he wrote.
The tweet has sparked various reactions from social media users. Many argued that the song had remained inactive for 14 years and had never made that much money.
See some of the comments below:
@bigmorsh said: “Not sure the man go do any case sef after 2 million. Since the song has been there, did it fetch him 2m?”
@OritogunM penned: “He danced to the song; he didnāt utter a single word, didnāt change the lyrics, didnāt change the tone, didnāt perform the song on stage, the manās name appeared on the original song tag on Instagram. Now he has to pay royalties? Megan Thee Stallion is presently trending on TikTok; she should also demand royalties from people for dancing to her song?”
@IdanFederal opined: “People are funny sha. person dance to song and be blow. if na so he dey be you know how many artist go don blow?ā¦nobody claimed any intellectual property here like say e reproduce am.”
@Creed_printz stated: “Wtf is two million, we aināt serious in this country.”
@revelationrabbi noted: “The funny thing is that the same Nigerians who canāt wrap their heads around the infringement of intellectual property as theft are the same Nigerians who want to protest against bad governance.”
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