Works Eligible for Copyright in Nigeria Under the Copyright Act 2022

A university student in Ibadan films a comedy skit on her phone, writes the jingle that plays over it herself, and posts it online. A software developer in Yaba builds a budgeting app and writes every line of its code from scratch. An Afrobeats producer lays a new beat under a sample of a forgotten highlife record from the 1970s. All three have created something. The question this article answers is which of these creations actually qualifies for copyright protection under Nigerian law, and what conditions each one must satisfy before the law will recognise it as a protected work...

21 June

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International Copyright Conventions and Nigeria: Berne, Rome, UCC and TRIPS

Posted by Kolawole Adebowale

in Class Notes, IP Law

When a Nollywood film streams in London, when an Afrobeats producer samples a Jamaican dancehall riddim, or when a UK record label licenses a Burna Boy track for an advertisement, a quiet question sits underneath the transaction: whose copyright law applies, and does Nigerian protection mean anything outside Nigeria's borders? The answer lies in a small group of international treaties that Nigeria has joined over the past three decades. Understanding what these treaties require, and just as importantly, what Nigeria has and has not actually brought into its domestic law, is essential before any other topic in copyright law can...

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Works Eligible for Copyright in Nigeria Under the Copyright Act 2022

International Copyright Conventions and Nigeria: Berne, Rome, UCC and TRIPS

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