EXCLUSIVE: Etisalat & Optima Media Group sued by Paul Play for copyright infringement.
ETISALAT and OPTIMA MEDIA GROUP have courted huge trouble with multi-talented star artiste, PAUL PLAY. One of Nigeria’s biggest Reality TV show, ‘Nigerian Idol’, funded and staged by Etisalat and Optima Media Group Limited respectively, might be forced by a law court to cough out a sum of N200m (Two Hundred Million Naira) for the copyright infringement and unauthorized usage of “Mosorire” – a copyright protected work by Paul I.K. Dairo popularly known as Paul Play. The artiste, Paul Play is suing Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Ltd. (EMTS) popularly known as ETISALAT for the unauthorized usage of his works which were registered with Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria (MCSN) when the artiste was still a member. In year 2008, Paul Play terminated his contract with MCSN and subsequently joined BROADCAST MUSIC INCORPORATION (BMI) with membership number CAE/IP: 295878298. Etisalat and Optima group being the promoter and organizer of the show (Nigerian Idol) respectively c...