John Asein has been appointed as the new Director-General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC). He has authored many publications that center on copyright law in Nigeria such as “Nigerian Copyright Law and Practice (Second Edition); […]
Last weekend, 10 suspected copyright pirates were arrested by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Bauchi office, in collaboration with armed riot policemen. Over 130 copies of pirated Revised Standard Version (RSV) and Hausa translation of […]
1. What is Copyright? For authors, artists, songwriters, music publishers and composers, photographers and other creators, copyright provides the assurance that they can share their work with the public without the fear of unauthorized use. […]
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) recently announced that it has suspended the operating license of the Copyright Society of Nigeria (Ltd/Gte) (COSON). According to the NCC, in line with the provision of Regulation 19 (2) of […]
The Nigerian Copyright Commission has announced the seizure of Broadcast contrivances worth 36.1 Million Naira with the arrest of two suspects recently in Delta State. According to the Commission, the arrest and seizure are in […]
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has carried out inspection, monitoring and sensitization of literary and Optical Disc Distribution outlets in Abuja, the Federal capital Territory. The NCC states that the aim of the exercise was […]
Nigeria recently deposited four Instruments of Ratification of copyright treaties at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The instruments were deposited during the on-going 57th meeting of the Assembly of member states of WIPO. The […]
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has confiscated in the first two quarters a total of 1,289,344 units of suspected pirated literary, musical, software and broadcast gadgets valued at N1.22bn belonging to different copyrights holders. While […]
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