TEKNO AND DANFO DRIVERS - IS SETTLEMENT GOOD OR BAD FOR THE INDUSTRY

The Nigerian music industry has grown and developed over the years, we’ve gone from conquering Nigerian and Africa, to making a statement in the World. It’s been years of making painstaking moves, sacrifices and decisions, all aimed at us evolving.

The money is large now, but it can be more, if some necessary steps are taken, the money can spread to every stakeholder in the music business if vital steps are taken.

We can only say we’ve arrived when writers, producers and every other stakeholder get what they deserve. We can say we’ve developed when copyright laws are respected, when the theft of intellectual property is seen as a crime that it is and real legal actions are taken.

Many times stakeholders in the music business say there’s no structure, but fail in their own responsibilities, which sometimes are part of the reasons why there’s no structure, or why the structure is not evolving.

Many times, making the right actions is all that’s needed to establish and unlock a new level in the industry.

Case study, Tekno vs Danfo Drivers.

Tekno clearly stole a song and brazenly so. When you listen to “Jogodo”, your first impression after hearing will be that oh, nice of him to have reached out to Danfo Drivers to resurrect a CLASSIC. But alas, the reverse was the case, as there was no permission/agreement/settlement whatsoever for a remake of the song, it was a clear case of theft.

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