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| Larry Izamoje |
The management of Brila Broadcasting
Services has been given five days ultimatum by Copyright Society of Nigeria
(COSON) to pull back part of the statement it published recently.
The statement in part notified members
of the public that it has filed a N5.5 billion libel suit against COSON for
alleging that Brila Services caused the death of iconic musicians like
Celestine Ukwu, Sunny Okosuns, Christy Essien Igbokwe and Oliver De Coque,
Osita Osadebe among others for refusing to pay royalties for use of music.
In a letter to Brila Services, COSON
demand that Brila also publish the apology in at least two national dailies,
seven days a week or face legal action as they were not with the allegation
that COSON unilaterally fix and impose royalties
on broadcasting stations.
Part of the letter signed by COSON’s
lawyer, Mr. Justin Ige, read, “It is clear that you made this publication with
a malicious intent to damage the hard earned reputation of our client in
retaliation for the copyright infringement suit our Client filed against you
and Brila Broadcasting Services Ltd.”
In view of recent developments, Mr.
Omorogbe, CEO of Nowmuzik and a strong voice in COSON, said, “Those who are
ready to work with COSON will find out that we are very reasonable and
friendly. I however assure those who want a fight that they will badly regret
the day they decided to engage COSON in a fight.”
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