Less than 48 hours after the Independent Broadcasters Association (IBAN) and Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON) issued a statement banning the broadcast of the music of nearly all of Nigeria’s topmost musicians on the radio and TV stations run by affiliate stations, a group of star musicians and top players in the music industry have fired back. Continue...
The group comprising the likes of 2 Face Idibia, 9ice, MI, Azeezat, Ill Bliss, WunmiObe, Dizzy K. Falola and representatives of Burna Boy, Sound Sultan, DammyKrane, Sir Victor Uwaifo, Ice Prince, Sunny Neji, etc met at Whitehouse Hotel, GRA, Ikeja on Wednesday, December 4. One after the other, the music industry stars expressed outrage by the decision of BON and IBAN and their attempt to manipulate the music industry so that they can run away from their responsibility of paying copyright royalties for music broadcast by them.
They
rose from the meeting with the following resolutions:
1. That
all authors, composers, songwriters, artistes, performers, publishers, record
label executives, owners of sound recordings, publicists, managers, etc should
ignore the IBAN email and no right owner should send any message to the email
provided by IBAN.
2. That no self-respecting right owner of the Nigerian music industry
should sell his/her birth right by sending an email to BON or IBAN to request
that they play his/her music.
3. That
the music industry will consider the stations that comply with their copyright obligations and
advice all right owners to move their works to the stations and encourage their
fans and followers to support such stations.
4. That
a delegation of the music industry is to meet with appropriate political office
holders within the shortest possible time on this matter.
5. That
all IBAN/BON stations not licensed for the use of music should take note that
with immediate effect they should cease to broadcast music whether local or
foreign on their stations - These stations must also suspend
the use of music whether wholly or in part by way of sampling, interpolation,
remixing or outright jacking pending the resolution of this matter.
6. That this
movement is a historic fight for the recognition of the fundamental human
rights of all creative people in the Federal Republic of Nigeria and no
creative person should sell out or allow himself/herself to be made a saboteur
in this historic battle.
7. That
all important stakeholders in the music industry should make themselves
available for a full briefing and Q/A session at a follow up meeting to be held
on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at Rumors Night Club, 15a, Oduduwa Way, GRA,
Ikeja, Lagos by 10.00am.
The
long list of COSON members said by BON and IBAN to have been banned with
immediate effect include TuFaceIdibia, D’ Banj, Inyanya, Olamide, Dr Sid, Sammie
Okposo, Banky W, Wiz Kid, Olu Maintain, 9ice, Sunny Neji, Flavour, Chidinma,
Rugged Man, Keffee, Midnite Crew, Eldee De Don, M I, Azeezat, Jazzman Olofin,
Ice Prince, Jesse Jagz, KC Presh, X Project, Asha, Konga, African China, Owen
Gee, Dekunle Fuji, Lord of Ajasa, Zoolezoo, Ekwe Original Stereoman, Danfo
Drivers, Rhymzo, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Kofi, Jedee, Muma Gee, AY. Com, ID Cabassa,
Klever J, ZidonPoperella, Eva, Terry G, Nomoreloss, Mike Okri, Weird MC, Mode 9,
Timaya, Sound Sultan, Waje, Mo’Cheddah, Jay Martins, Slam, Djinee, Solid Star,
Omawunmi, TWO, W4, OmotolaJeladeEkehinde, YinkaAyefele, DJ Stramborella,
Ebenezer Obey, Victor Uwaifo, Onyeka Onwenu, Dan Maraya Jos, Tony Okoroji, Stella Monye, Floxxy Bee, Funmi
Adams, MajekFashek, Daniel Wilson, Alex Zitto, Sir Shina Peters, Ras Kimono,
Wale Thompson, KollingtonAyinla, AdewaleAyuba, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, , Chris
Ajilo, Emmanuel Ntia, Orlando Julius, Eddy Remedy, Mr. Kool, 2 Shotz, Baba Dee,
Bouqui, Rooftop MCs, Kenny Saint Brown, Klever J, OJB Jezreel, Danny Young,
Dipp, Frank D’ Nnero, Ojo, Tim Godfrey, etc.
151 comments:
4real its pple like toolz that shud be crying
THIS ELDEE MUST ALWAYS COMMENT SHA. APROKO.
Lol. Who is left?
na so crase day start, stupidity at its pick na everybody them band be that now .
My tots exactly,d songs will still get 2 its audience wit or witout it.And wat is left if u remove 2face,Flavour,D'banj,Omawumi etc..?
COOL STORY.... Hmmmm......... @LINDA IKEJI I WILL LOVE TO MEET YOU IN PERSON.... IT WULD BE MY PLEASURE..
Hmmm Linda these names isn't not d names of all our musicians, who are we going to listen to their music naa.
weird shit
so disappointed Eldee can post a tweet like dat. If not for these radio stations would anyone know his father's name? same eldee that begged for airply? its so ridiculous
they are just looking 4 xmas money dats all so make una shake body dats all lol.
hmm 4 what nw
who come remain nah!!
If una ban all these ones who come remain for the industry. these guys r jst jokers. they have forgotten there are other means for the music to be spread ni
This is funny. I love em for taking action jor. Fuck all these freaky groups jor.
video&pics:area boys violated, abused and tortured a girl that admitted to stealing pepper
Nbody wants to get hurt and nobody's getting hurt anyway. Btw Critical Rules To Understand People
Fuck dos BON&co
smh
Mumu people yeye den worri dem!after banding all dis poeple which musical remain again!!!deir entertainment program will bi suck!!! U guys should better rethink ur action!!! Post my commt o linda
They might as well say music shouldn't be played at all in the country . Rubbish.
Danfo drivers kee!!! Who dash Dem musicians..
Na wa 4 list o. Wasn't needed. Should have said all Nigerians Artiste have been banned. Abi whose name remain wey no dey for the list?
Please this war is not good for the Nigerian entertainment industry.COSON,BON and IBAN need each other to grow.The three parties should resort to dialogue.And come to think of it,if you ban all these people,whose music are we going to listen to.
You guys should sort out your difference, the radio remains in vogue by virtue of our intractable traffic situation especially in lagos. But I like your posturing sha. All na gra gra
Hehehehehehehe...lindodo ...like I said before*waiting patiently for part 2 and this is just the beginning!!!Naija I hail thee
Ghen Ghen! I dey sidon look o! Clash of d Titans! ~Ritty~
VERY BIG ERROR.
PSquare's picture shouldn't be there because they are NOT signed to COSON. Jude has emphatically stated that he will not sign with them because of COSON's shady nature and irregularities.
Let's get our facts right.
after this list wat is going to be left for the media to play on radio and tv.na wa o
is it Saint Janet song that they want to support then?
Who come remain. ..dis is about all our artists.lol
All this stars? Na Africa them barn be that na
Isn't this a good opportunity for
stations to find and source undiscovered or less known artistes and play their music instead?
Hmmmmm.long stori....no davido n phyno?no b small tin ooo...let's wait n c.9ja bad belle........banned ni. Abi d banji ko..
# Just reasoning out loudly #If the meeting 9th December meeting goes South, upcoming artistes,or less fortunate artistes will Sabotage this genuine effort on the part of COSON.They might see it as a platform for growth,just like it happened in Nollywood,when marketers banned high ranking actors paving the way for the likes Ini Edo,Mercy Johnson,Mike Ezuruonye,Tonto Dike et al.
lindaikeji a song in acknowledgement of nelson mandela By C.E.F.pls its a must listen song http://t.co/dlUJ99iQmY"""
Do they know what they are doing?
Oh dear! See all my favourite artiste, too bad. Hope they resolve this as soon as possible.
Dis BoN/IBAN pple r thieves o, rubbish....
As dem don ban all those ppl, na who come remain???? Na im be say no more music for we radio! Lolz..... Those broadcasters go talk soteeeeee............
they banned literally everybody!!
and wizkid + davido are missing
Am sure this is a joke rite?
I don't blame these so called #Artist,Musicians,Directors,Producers.......,it'z the #Comfortable,Lucky sperm club,Ignorant individuals.....,that waste their asterixed dough purchasing these CD's,Idolizing,and worshipping these #Artist that cant even read and write fluently that is #Swelling their head unnecessarily.......!
like seriously,i dnt undastand
Omotola too, lol!!!!
I'm sure IBAN and BON won't stop us from buying d CDs
Na which music we go dey hear again.pasuma nd osupa abi.crying 4rm here.sad face
Na all naija celeb dey there ni
What about Davido? His name is not listed.
All dis artists are d ones dat will suffer it!!! Another FG VS ASUU
Telling IBAN not to play foreign music? Which kind mumu bullshit b dat? Why also do dey want to meet wit political office holders if they are satisfied wit radio stations nt playing der music? Obviously radio stations r d ones promotin der ass. Fcuk COSON!
Bon/iban r jus'nt worthy of their name.
Bon/iban is jus'nt worthy of its name
Eldee is right o. Law or no law tune will get to d listner. COSON! IBAN & BON even musicians or artiste should tackle piracy first before tackling themselves. TV & radio stations will be boring.
This argument is because of money that d public will not share-in so, if they all don't want to go hungry, they should settle amicably.
Mhenn this guys are not serious! That is to say Mavin records time don reach to blow oo...lol. Abegi, Dbanj, 2baba, Wizzy, Ice Prince, Iyanya, M.I, Waje, Jesse Jagz etc me go still download una songs jhoor
Shine ur eyes wella, wizkid is their...
No b small tin oooo.phyno n davido names ar nt listed.......banned ni d,banji ko...
The Big(ger) Boys!!!
Na 2 dey hear Fuji now o....wait o_Omotola Jolade?? Or iƨ̇ it Bcos Iceprince mentioned her in his song??
Everyone is worthy of their wages. If you know these artists and listen to their music, then please support them when they ask for their rights. @robert makobia Please, get your facts right before you start insulting anyone that is probably richer than you with all your degrees. So what if they do not have university degrees. They have talent and they are using it,so please show some respect for another man's profession. You'd do the same in their shoes.
"these #Artist that cant even read and write fluently.." Excuse me, but please try to correct your English and your grammatical errors before you point the finger. Thank me later!
So na wetin radio stations go dey play nah? Them sef go suffer now, when adverts stop coming in for them due to no listeners.
It's quite obvious you can't read, talk less of writing. I still idolise you though, no beef.
If I tell you I understand what the hullabaloo is all about then I must be a liar.
Why are the Stupid idiots fighing radio stations for? How many of them can boast of quality lyrics in their songs when that supposed to be their priority. Radio brought them all to the limelight and the glory they all sit to enjoy today. Now they think they've arrived to put on a fight for royalties, some of them mentioned in the list are lazy Mother Fs that needs to get a life and better job to do.
So its only radio they want to put up a fight with, how about thousands of freedownload outlets out there, the clubs and the djs???.radio is till the major platform which helps their career most,to this stage they are now...the system which was not well structured from on set, now they want to begin form RoboCop.yeye!!!
the real reasons are not being addressed here,most of the radio or tv stations are not saying they wont pay royalties,all they are asking for is a verifiable and agreed rate..Tony Okoroji has just been imposing figures on these stations which is not fair,afterall the networks have charges rates.
its high time these broadcast stations understood that the years that they have milked the muisc industry under the guise of helping them. the case is simple, pay music royalties for the greater good of our today's musician
Funny
Fight for what's right! That's why I love the music, there's more sanity there than the movie industries.
Did any one notice none of mavin members are affected
Its funny how an artist like Eldee that the same industry helped to grow will send silly tweets but i dont blame him sha, when last did he make a hit song? if he read well, it is clear that IBAN and BON are also in the interest of these artists. They are only requesting for a more organized and uniformed way of collecting and distributing royalties, so we are sure its not just another looting process.
This is the triumph of intellectual property rights in Nigeria. BON and IBAN should be glad about it. It may increase their operational cost initially, but it'll benefit the polity in the long run. We should grow to respect intellectual property. I hope photocopiers will get their own lashes of a similar whip soon.
Ok.let's meet.come to Ikoyi cemetery tomorrow at 1:30 am.Ozuo!
* there. Mind your spellings darling. You're welcome.
Jeez! Did I see someone write "at its pick"? What about its drop? So that we'll know its Pick and Drop.Brighter Grammar will do Aunty Mary
I will start by "banding" you from Lindaikeji's blog... ASUU has called off strike ooo.. Jambito.
Heys, endeavour to type in English next tym. It is our official lang. Banding nikan kor, musical indeed
Na all diz ppl dey ban??? Dem dey craze o, who is left nah?
My First Question is: DO THE RADIO STATIONS PAY ROYALTIES FOR FOREIGN SONGS? IF SO HOW MUCH? The radio DJs will soon go broke o. They collect plenty money from these stars everyday to play their songs
Because of ....??
they literally banned every known musician in Nigeria!
ThankGod say Burna Boy name no dey. #StandFit
Ff @call_me_ell
She forgot that book at home, u remind me of a special book thanks so much
Hahahaha
Hmmm....and when 9ice was at 'em bloggers neck the other day, ppl were calling him names. BON/Blogger: Respect peoples intellectual property!!! #Shikena
So, Midnight Crew, Yinka Ayefele, Smammie Okposo also use bad languages in their music?
This BON/MORN people must be .... learners I guess?
Because of ki?
The problem is not BON or IBAN but some NCC Civil Servants/COSON who want to claim Ownership of what they do not control. Monopoly is dead everywhere in the world. EQUAL Rights and Justice MUST prevail. There is more than meets the eye in this matter ooooO
P Square, have mentioned that they do not belong to COSON because they found out its a fraud on Nigerian musicians by Okoroji and Efe whom he employed and made Director of COSON plus the NCC officials and yet Tony Okoroji continuesto use the name
Let us not mix the issues plsssssss. BON/IBAN says they woukd not play the music of COSON members ONLY and not the entire Nigerian music. Meanwhile, let us not forget also that most works are Copyright works. So they can still play Banky's EBUTTE MEtta because it is a copyright of RIHANNA and not Bankys'
These musicians are not the only ones we have in Naija plsss but na dem get stage now. We have Paul Dairo, Iddris and alot of others who are not on the list which means music will still go on. Okoroji's time is certainly up. The industry is bigger than him and his servants
Lies are powerful, fearless and daring when the truth is absent. But the Truth at the end, ALWAYS arrive to clean up the mess. COSON knows thetruth has come and it is fighting hard to stay when it now obvious it was built on sand
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The above is the main issue here. You will see known musician who have been refused to protect their rights or express themselves by Tony Okoroji/NCC's COSON. Governments office holders are the owners of COSON with Okoroji
Linda please if you really want to investigate and open the cans on this matter kindly indicate and i will make sure you get documents by next week which you can verify and expose to end this wahala. A lot of other musician are been blocked from having a say. I will give you numbersand names of people to can even call at the NCC to expose the cartel .
Some of these Nigerian musicians are singing nonsense. There is for scrutiny by government. Only few of their has meaning apart from music in the 80s and 90s.
@anon10:58 & DebbyJames» Odes of life!! Can't you both see that's pidgin english? Una go dey form holier than thou! No be say una score highest for English language In waec and jamb o! #DumbAssFucks!!!
-Person Pikin(sue me if ur papa get d moni)
Good riddance to bad rubbish Some of these Nigerian musicians are singing nonsense(claim to be A list),I'm happen they have ban their music.
Lets clear the air for fresh music.Good bless IBAN/BON
Now okoriji wants to hold meeting with musicians,STORY,because they have ban all their fake musicians playing music that will not be relevant in the career and economy in 5years from today.
When the going is good,Okoriji only hold meeting with his paupers on a string board of Directors.
I'm happy for Sunny Nneji and Onyeka Onwenu for walking out of a repressive administration of Tony Okoroji. Mumu Efe stay there your integrity will soon be throw to the dogs.
payment of N100m royalties to musicians Can any Musician Boost that they received 300k as royalty from Okoroji's fake 100 Million Naira royalty scam,apart from about 6 musicians whom him paid for reputation purpose only not because they deserve it Tony paid between 1m - 3m(Show man Show) to them ,Okoroji was paying Artiste's 30k,5k,7k ,16k as royalty.
Its been three years has any one or any musician see COSON yearly financial report? Is it not suppose to be made public? One COSON is a non profit organization,but Tony has converted to his personal empire and made it private
Efe has no investment in the music industry beyond been a manager to Tuface ,Juliana, an Album by Tony Okoroji. Released in 1976 finish.beyond the above they do not deserve to be where they are, ripping and stealing from the public.
How are the board Members selected?
COSON musicians shine your eyes,Okoroji and Efe are not your messiah.
Where is OBI OF Storm Records,he has pull from COSON,right now just sitting on the fence
Now okoroji wants to hold meeting with musicians,STORY,because they have ban all their fake musicians playing music that will not be relevant in their career and economy in 5years from today.
When the going was good,Okoroji only hold meeting with his paupers on a string board of Directors.
I'm happy for Sunny Nneji and Onyeka Onwenu for walking out of a repressive administration of Tony Okoroji. Mumu Efe stay there your integrity will soon be throw to the dogs.
These men at COSON are waiting to reap where they did not sow by dangling a carrot in front of the artistes. The artistes are hearing money and getting greedy. Pay royalty to Nigerian artiste? Are you stupid? Has the economy grown to that point? How many people have money for itunes in naija. See artiste deluding themselves, thinking they have the fame of Micheal Jackson. You better be careful else you will start paying heavily to have your songs played. The average naija artiste is doing better than their South African counterpart, rather than work on improving the structures that has brought them this far, they are going after the media that made them famous. Artistes should come for advise on how to maximize profit. -Newyorker
Mumu COSON Musicians no money for una this YEAR! simple because Okoroji has used your royalty income to settle his high profile Lawyers(suing could have been prevented,if only he learn to be diplomatic and control is temper),his high profile life style and his globe trotting moves.
So guys don't blame BON/IBAN for non royalty payment this year blame Okoroji.
Tony has collected money running into millions,let him give account so far minus BON/IBAN .
My Guys ask for accounts to date ,I beg make una no fold my hands O,
COSON is suppose to be a public company,how come there is information on salary structure of Staff,board of directors and Oga @ the top,the truth of the matter is, if you Guys should know the state of salary and other numerations UNA GO SCREAM BLUE MURDER!!
NO YEARLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THREE YEARS made public?, WETIN? NO info on their website or published any where.NO INFO HOW 100 Million royalty was shared,Musicians shine your eyes,CHIEF TONY OKOROJI AND EFE they are not your messiah.
COSON is an extension of NCC,they have personal financial gains in COSON.
How long would Okoroji continue to enslave Nigerian Musicians plssss. Haba! Guys wake up! Open and Shine your eyes na. The same Okoroji Under PMAN collected so much money and even wanted PMAN to be a collecting Society but when he did not succeed, he destroyed PMAN and went away with all the money to open spare parts shop on Opebi. When the shop closed he returned back to form another PMRS using the name of “Nigerian Musicians” again and collected Millions only to close it down so that he would not account for the money. He deceived us again and change the name to COSON and has collected Billions now he wants to vanish again leaving mumu Efe to see what he can do. We don wise pass dat levels I beg.
Why be say wen una dey collect plenty moni for COSON we no hear una voice? Even the 100 million, Una no talk how much una collect and who una give d moni and how much but as wahala wey go expose una don land so U na dey call on Nigerian Musicians. Na wa OoooOOO . Our Mumu don do I beg. Make una carry una cross go grave go die.
Infact this BON/IBAN ban is a welcome development in the industry. We would now have good music and new stars coming up too. Enough of all those meaningless music sef.
Wait who is Efe in this industry? An opportunist who is riding on other peoples talent . I beg my broad make u go find anoda work do.
Come oooO is there a party going on at the radio station please Linda? I drove through some stations yesterday and saw lots of Upcoming musicians with their CDs asking to be played. Is there a Revolution in the industry? Someone please tell me something because i have good songs too which i would like to push. Is this a chance for us. Up BON/IBAN!
Okoroji and COSON collects money on behalf of people who do not belong to COSON and he will tell you that you MUST join COSON to get your money. Is that not fraud ? When you did not give him your rights to collect in the first place. EFCC should do something about this man called Okoroji please.
NCC officials who are behind this COSON people should be sacked immediately. They have destroyed this industry for so long and benefited so much from Okoroji’s Industry. God will not forgive you people.
Okoroji MUST account for all the monies he has chopped before they close down COSON office please because this is how he would do and now say he has resigned. Na magician style.
We are following all the issues and have discovered from available statistics that ONLY 5 - 10 percent of Nigerian Musicians belong to COSON. Another 5 – 10 percent belong to other Organisations outside Nigeria. 10 – 15 percent do not belong to any organization. 5 percent don’t even know anything about copyright yet. While the remaining 60 percent belong to MCSN which the NCC have refused to recognized because of their interest in running a collecting Society. So when COSON speaks it can not be speaking for ALL Nigerian Musicians. NCC cannot give what they do not have so COSON cannot act on behalf of 90% of the Industry. THIS IS A VIRIFIABLE FACT!
It is shocking to read that “Top Musicians” call BON/IBAN bluff. It seems to me that BON and IBAN have made them so popular and they have made so much money and now want to open their own TV and Radio stations (LoL). Tell me a top musician in Nigeria that has a very good and operating Music Studio? I think they want to gradually fade out and leave the stage for others. It is the chain of Life so they should just accept it and step aside please. Other will surely rule the stage.
Coson was pmrs which was put together by a bunch of thieves who created the music pirates while working for the foreign record labels like polygram, emi, and Sony. They stole so much that the foreigners had to run away and left their repertoire with an organization called Mcsn.. musical copyright society Nigeria. These thieves in order to continue their stealing rushed to form pmrs which failed and metamorphosed to Coson. Just a band of thieves. What a pity that the artistes,and authors and composers are so ignorant cos they don't want to study. If you notice that Jude of p square, don jazzy and his crew are not there. Most names on the list have no contracts with Coson but because they are thieves they collated all known names as members. Morons..!
Fatai Rolling Dollar fought Okoroji in the papers for using his name to collect money when he is not a COSON member and all Okoroji could say is that Fatai is an old man. BON and IBAN carry go joor. Let us clean up the system please. "Let the music pay" and we did not not see anything after the music pay. Ask Onyeka and Laolu Akins etc.
Let the truth be told.
The central message of IBAN/BON’s decision is that the monopoly position being enjoyed by COSON is being abused and government should do something about it, otherwise they will look elsewhere for their music. The question any discerning mind should therefore ask is, why should there be a monopoly in an environment in which the government has liberalised every activity ranging from broadcasting to communication, banking to airline and even petroleum to electricity? For those defending COSON’s monopoly, the same arguments which justified monopoly in the newspaper, broadcasting and telecommunications industries during the military era are still being advanced to justify COSON’s monopoly in 2013 under civilian democracy! To the Nigerian musicians, the question they should ordinarily ask themselves is what is government’s interest in forcing COSON down their throats as the sole collecting society against the constitutional provisions guaranteeing their freedom of association? If government wanted a monopoly in that sector why not establish a government company or parastatals? Why making a monopoly out of a private company owned or formed by Tony Okoroji and a few of his friends? Most importantly, if COSON fails to deliver (like it has started to fail) on services, where does the average Nigerian musician turn to for quality or comparative services? This is the real issue on ground. Even God gave us the right ti decide btw good and Evil
Weeping may endure for a night but joy surely cometh in the morning – say the bible. BON/OIBAN please help use clear this Okoroji and NCC mess. So that we can enjoy our country like the people too in Abuja National Assembly who have abandoned us in this industry for they see Okoroji and his friends playing and trading with our life. TiME DON REACH!
An insider just told me now that the Cross River State government is also going to ban all COSON members works at the” Calabar Carnival”. Any musician who wants to be part of it should make sure their name is not on that list. Could this be the road to the fall of COSON or Okoroji’s + NCC’s Empire?
Cross River State Musicians whose names were used by Okoroji to get approval his cartel at NCC are set to sue COSON and Okoroji for 10 Billion Naira for misrepresentation and fraudulent use of the names and even having blacking them by suing the State government and wanting to stop their Carnival when they protested the inclusion of their names without their consent. A protest match is on the pipe line to the Government office on this matter next week. COSON has really damaged of Image
Cross River State Musicians whose names were used by Okoroji to get approval his cartel at NCC are set to sue COSON and Okoroji for 10 Billion Naira for misrepresentation and fraudulent use of the names and even having blacking them by suing the State government and wanting to stop their Carnival when they protested the inclusion of their names without their consent. A protest match is on the pipe line to the Government office on this matter next week. COSON has really damaged our Image
LIBERATION has finally come – Glory to God. Even as a COSON member, you are not allowed to talk because you don’t have A GOOD CAR PARKED OUTSIDE. They will NEVER allow you the microphone because they think you are not going to say something in their favour. They control everything till the end. Real stage managing of EVERYTHING. And NCC people will always be there to share. Military Dictators mentality. Funally BON and IBAN has heard our little cry. God bless you all. AMEN
Denial of Justice to one party in the whole royalty collection saga should be addressed first, and every other thing will fall into place.
Efe has nothing to lose because he did not invest anything. Have you heard his voice before. How can he care so much for us if not that he is chopping now our money with Okoroji. 2 Face come tell us how much Efe share from your moni wey COSON give you
Linda Please I just want to ask 2 Face, Banky W, 9ice, MI, etc when una collect money from Okoroji did you people tell us or Linda? Now that katakata has come you want to join Efe to fight who and calling on us to join you. (I for say make God punish una) but I go hold till the day I see una one-on-one. We hear that some BON/IBAN members have paid COSON money before how come no one is talking about that now? Please BON and IBAN don’t give them our money again we will decide where we want to belong first. Hold the money for us in and account we beg Una. Linda u sef help us for dis mata plsssssss ooooooO
Dem don start again... wash wash. Meeting @ white house which day? I dey near white house i no see any body there oooO. Efe say him and 7 others den dem come say reps of Big names. Hmmmmmm.... What are the names of those people na? Which day will till jamboree stop. You can fool some people sometimes but you can’t fool all the people all the time…. We have seen the light… On our RIGHTS we MUST stand
Oga i no who u be ,but u don open my eyez,with your comments ,tomorow i dey head to COSON office ,i no do again, i dey summit letter of withdrawal Tony you no try at all .
THIS IS SERIOUS! In the mean time I see lots of artistes pulling away (PORTING) from COSON in order to remain on aitr while this dispute goes on, I encourage upcoming artistes who will otherwise not get airplay to approach the stations now with their songs and state clearly that they are not registered with COSON – they will enjoy airplay now and also become popular If one person own no spoil anoda person own no go good abi ke...
Linda I beg kindly help contact COSON to provide documents to show that everyone in that list belongs to COSON. I can swear they would abuse you and you will never get such as it doesn’t exist. I am only sorry for those whose names have been used who cannot talk as if they are under one juju man who has used money or poverty to hold them. I am very sure now that the juju go fail and they will come out to speak. You just watch and see it unfold.
I agree with the you my brother, because why is Efe and the rest who have collected money and chop without giving us now begging that we should not write to BON/IBAN? There is something they are hiding from the public. Moment of Truth has come – we must talk I beg.
Hi Linda, God will continue to bless you as you are helping to expose these people. I want to tell the real truth here. Some of us joined COSON because we were told we had money to collect and the only way we can get it is if we join COSON, only to be given 12k after signing some documents and they gave us one bag with jotter inside and pamphlet and since then nothing else. Even they said they share N100 million we no see nothing. What a blackmail because we broke and needed money we sold our soul to Okoroji and NCC officials are part of this scam. Thank you BON and IBAN. I will write and withdraw my copyright from there. You can use my music please until we have another collecting society if those NCC greedy Civil Servants will approve another for us. COSON is for NCC we need another one for ourselves. I DON PORT oooO. This is why Competition and Liberalization is good. CASHMANIC
I heard the Federal High Court told COSON not to distribute the 100 Million when it was announced but they still went ahead because they wanted to cover up the questions that people will ask. Now I hear NBC wants to join hands with NCC to resolve this wahala but we know NCC is a major party in this whole saga because of their personal interest in COSON so who do they want to fool with all that meeting? NCC want to become a judge again in its own case. NIGERIA ooooooOOOO!!!!
Please whats the meaning of COSON is it a yoruba thing or ibo thing ?
What all this comments mean is that we are been managed by opportunist(Tony and Efe) without proper accounting,no proper investment in the music industry of their own?running monopoly racket.
Say no to monopoly
BON/IBAN please everything down until we get the accounts of How much every broadcaster have paid so far, how much all the hotels in Nigeria and restaurants and advert agencies etc have so far paid and how did COSON use and who did they distribute it to. No more sweeping things under the carpet. This is the ONLY way forward. NBC take note of this. Do not carry NCC with you otherwise your efforts will fail in this matter. Go and ask the AGF
I have read and heard many commentaries on both side of the divide, most of which were emotional and play on the psyche of our artistes “NIGERIAN MUSICIANS” who are usually at the receiving ends of such actions as represented by COSON and decision as made by BON/IBAN not to play Nigerian music “under COSON’s control”. Efe and his small new gang should not make us feel IBAN or BON is talking about everyone. They (coson) only form 5% of ALL Nigerian Musicians please.
That is how they punish us and made us come out at the National Theatre and went on “Hunger Strike” under the umbrella of The Nigerian Music Industry / Nigerian Musicians to fight piracy not knowing it was a ground and grand plan of Okoroji to get members for COSON. The very annoying part of it all was that while we went hungry everyday these people “at the TOP” went to hide themselves and were eating Mr. Biggs and Sweet Sensation Rice and Chicken ( this is not funny at all Linda) and until we caught them one day and that was how we ended the so called hunger strike. How long will they continue to use us? They only call us when they want to fight and when they settle they abandon us. We shall resist it this time. Efe and his small group can go ahead alone please Okoroji as the General while NCC officials are the area boys after collect our money and collecting salary from Government again – our tax money.
The Ban on airplay of COSON artistes may just be the window upcoming artiste need to shine their light. Get your songs on air now and let Nigerians see your Talent
Thanks O this is an eye opener, i knew it when they gave me 37k as royalty they coson people are not honest people,them even force me to take picture before they release the cheque and sign as a memeber by force
I don suffer Tony and Efe HAND
Isn't is so obvious that the Anonymous one from December 7(11.08) all the way to December 8 (4.23) is one and the same person and my question is why? Why is the person so desperate to hide the truth by publishing falsehood? My word to you is that since you know the truth and want to hide it from the public, the consequences of that wickedness will befall you. Keep at it but the truth will always prevail while you will wallow and groan in shame. As you encourage a lie and mislead people, the same the artistes have suffered through the abuse of their intellectual property, you will suffer a million folds, hunger will plague you all the days of your life. Your joy will be taken away, you this manipulator and liar.
MCSN I dey see all una anonymous hands o!
All you fake anonymous commenters who have no part in COSON yet claiming to be members, if you have any issue with your society, why have you not gone to the office to lay your complaints. Why have you chosen a blog page to air your views on matters that concern your livelihood. If COSON collects money that belongs to you and someone is misappropriating it is a blog page the right place for you to get your case redressed. Stop decieving yourself and the public. You cannot do wrong and cover up by painting some people black.
Please pay musicians their royalties and stop this divide a rule tactics. BON/IBAN in the days of MCSN/PMRS said two societies created confusion for them and so they did not know who to pay to. Now you have COSON they come out to say the monopoly is now killing them they cannot pay. So at what point will it be convenient for them to pay. STOP DECEIVING THE PUBLIC PAY YOUR ROYALTIES. NO ARTISTE IS COMPLAINING THAT THEIR ROYALTIES ARE BEING DENIED THEM BY COSON. ANY SUCH PERSON CAN SHOW THEMSELVES NOW SO THAT THE WORLD WILL KNOW THEM. I KNOW COSON IS WORKING AS THEY SAY. LET THE MUSIC PAY!
CASHMANIC you are a liar and you are not in any COSON's register. If as you claimed you were broke then you sold your soul to Okoroji (12K). I am sorry for you because if the devil comes to you with 100k then you will be hell bound because you will rush to grab with everything you've got. But you know you are lying.
If you are true show your work. (Give a link where your music can be heard. Show your face)
If you have been paid to do this, repent because all liars will go to hell. Thank you
All the MCSN people parading themselves on this blog as anonymous, attacking two men instead of facing the issues. We see you oo. Meanwhile you MCSN 'Anonymous' read the story of ur lives here. The Federal High court has held that criminal charges filed against the Musical Society of Nigeria (MCSN) over the enforcement of Section 39 of the Copyright Act was in order.
read more here
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/copyright-law-court-upholds-charge-against-musical-society/166194/
and here too
http://allafrica.com/stories/201312090929.html
Keep deceiving yourselves o, you are about to be buried. Anu ofia!!! Aturu!!! Shame to bad and wicked people.
Hahaha, there is no member of COSON called CASHMANIC... that is soooooo cheap. Try harder.
You say COSON members collect 12k, 15k etc and you don't know anyone who has received over 300k. That is so funny. Learn to write intelligently and that means DO YOUR RESEARCH and BE WELL EQUIPPED WITH YOUR FACTS. Nothing is hidden under the sun!
Its so disheartening how people peddle lies in the name of giving out facts. One incongruous Anonymous writer has continued to feed the public fat lies about his supposed fact on the true nature of COSON and PMRS. Does this bingo know that the name COSON was coined and agreed upon by major stakeholders in the music industry. Does he know that before the approval of COSON, all parties were asked to present their document to see if they truly meet the requirements to run CMO for music in Nigeria?
he claims NCC works for Okoroji; but COSON was approved by an MCSN lawyer and MCSN staunch advocate (can he deny this?).
Does he know that both MCSN and COSON officials agreed to the name COSON? That MCSN was given an opportunity to join forces with COSON to form a united body after the latter met the requirements.
That Mayo and Orits Williki were given juicy positions in the new body but rather wanted absolute control. All these are in black and white with witnesses alive to corroborate the matter.
That BON and IBAN are controlled by a cartel led by AIT's 'Low' Chief Raymond Dokpesi who has sworn to continue to impoverish Nigerian musician and the creative industry in the country.
That BON/IBAN have not even stated how much they want to pay despite having the breakdown of what they call arbitrary tarrif. That some members of IBAN/BON have been paying royalties before now but were advised to stop by the Almighty Dokpesi who has sworn to stifle and kill the creative community in the country by galvanising all radio stations not to pay.
What else is there to say than to advice Linda Ikeji whose blog has been used by many as reference point to block these liars who dont address issues but rather resort to name calling and abuse of different individuals. Nigeria music industry will not die, rather no matter the antiques of setbacks likes IBAN/BON/AIT and the illegal MCSN.
Its so disheartening how people peddle lies in the name of giving out facts. One incongruous Anonymous writer has continued to feed the public fat lies about his supposed fact on the true nature of COSON and PMRS. Does this bingo know that the name COSON was coined and agreed upon by major stakeholders in the music industry. Does he know that before the approval of COSON, all parties were asked to present their document to see if they truly meet the requirements to run CMO for music in Nigeria?
he claims NCC works for Okoroji; but COSON was approved by an MCSN lawyer and MCSN staunch advocate (can he deny this?).
Does he know that both MCSN and COSON officials agreed to the name COSON? That MCSN was given an opportunity to join forces with COSON to form a united body after the latter met the requirements.
That Mayo and Orits Williki were given juicy positions in the new body but rather wanted absolute control. All these are in black and white with witnesses alive to corroborate the matter.
That BON and IBAN are controlled by a cartel led by AIT's 'Low' Chief Raymond Dokpesi who has sworn to continue to impoverish Nigerian musician and the creative industry in the country.
That BON/IBAN have not even stated how much they want to pay despite having the breakdown of what they call arbitrary tarrif. That some members of IBAN/BON have been paying royalties before now but were advised to stop by the Almighty Dokpesi who has sworn to stifle and kill the creative community in the country by galvanising all radio stations not to pay.
What else is there to say than to advice Linda Ikeji whose blog has been used by many as reference point to block these liars who dont address issues but rather resort to name calling and abuse of different individuals. Nigeria music industry will not die, rather no matter the antiques of setbacks likes IBAN/BON/AIT and the illegal MCSN.
Linda please lets put this in a clear terms if you continue to be a source of selling lies to the public, litigation will not be out of the question,please we love your blog,at the same time it doesn't make your invisible.stop supporting MCSN,their is nothing good about them,Low Chief Raymond and Iban/Bon please please
COSON the truth shall set you free,don't loose your temper,suing Linda or IBAN BON is not the solution,you are not a team player ,greed within your system of operations has driven the music industry to a STAND STILL!,REASON the likes of Sunny Nneji,Onyeka and Obi Asika have stepped aside, you and your board lack managerial skills, please summit your letter's of resignation.
Chief Tony you and your BOARD of Directors should please resign NOW for the sake of our music Industry.
Our Music Industry need to move on,confess to the public ,that!you have failed the MUSIC industry.
How low can you be? You send a post as anonymous pretending to be COSON saying you can sue Linda and then you turn around to accuse COSON of wanting to sue Linda. Get a life please and grow up!
The first celebrated fraud Okoroji committe was when EFE was still in primary school. General Babangida gave PMAN 35 hectares of prime land and 10 million Naira (one Naira to one USD then), Okoroji miss maned the mone, no accounts and lost the land due to no development. General Babangida gave MUSON on Teemac's request a land near the Onikan Stadium (love gardens) and 10 million Naira. MUSON has become the most profitable non- profit organization in Nigeria. The Shell and Agip hall, the bank and the Restaurant are yielding MUSON more than 3 million Naira a day. They can spend the surplus on the MUSON Music school. Okoroji has been a know personality in the Entertainment Industry, known for his illegal dealings, it is time that EFCC investigates him and if COSON wants to survive, he has to be immediately fired.
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