A Nigerian lawyer urges the veteran highlife singer, Gentleman Mike Ejeagha to sue skit maker, Brain Jotter for using his song to rake millions of naira while offering only N2M compensation.
This came after the skit maker began his hunt for the highlife singer following a viral skit using his song from 2010.
Taking to the X platform, the legal practitioner identified simply as Nupe Lawyer emphasized the implication of Copyright Infringement.
According to him, Mike Ejeagha would make more suing Brain Jotter than accepting the token of N2 million naira as compensation.
âI hope the man has a good lawyerđ you canât use someoneâs song for content raking millions and offer to give the man â2millionâ as if you are helping the manđ€·ââïž,â he wrote.
The post has since sparked mixed feelings from social media users who argued that the music had been dormant and never made that much in the last 14 years.
Reactions as lawyer urges Mike Ejeagha to sue Brain Jotter
bigmorsh said: âNot sure the man go do any case sef after 2 million. Since the song has been there, did it fetch him 2m?â
OritogunMÂ penned:Â âHe danced to the song; he didnât utter a single word, didnât change the lyrics, didnât change the tone, didnât perform the song on stage, the manâs name appeared on the original song tag on instagram. Now he has to pay royalties? Megan Thee Stallion is presently trending on TikTok; she should also demand royalties from people for dancing to her song?â
IdanFederal opined: âPeople are funny sha. person dance to song and be blow. if na so he dey be you know how many artist go don blow?âŠnobody claimed any intellectual property here like say e reproduce am.â
Creed_printz stated: âWtf is two million, we ainât serious in this country.â
revelationrabbi noted: âThe funny thing is that the same Nigerians who canât wrap their heads around the infringement of intellectual property as theft are the same Nigerians who want to protest against bad governance.â