 |
| Tony Okoroji |
First ever Nigerian Entertainment Conference held over the
weekend at the Grand ball room of the Eko Hotel and suites, Victoria Island,
Lagos was nearly marred by violent exchange of words between Kennis Music Boss
Mr. Kenny Ogungbe and Chairman of Copyright Society of Nigeria COSON, Chief
Tony Okoroji.
 |
| Kenny Ogunbge |
Chief Tony Okoroji had confronted Kenny Ogungbe in the
presence of journalists for daring to say in public that COSON owed him (Kenny
Ogungbe) money.
"How could he say such a thing? And in public?"
Chief Okorogie fumed.
Kenny Ogungbe and Chief Okoriji shortly before the
exchanges
Kenny Ogungbe on his part remained resilient, insisting
he would stand by his words. They exchanged hot, abusive words impossible to
publish including the F word as they were pulled apart by concerned friends who
feared the brawl may soon go physical.
Kenny Ogungbe went on to say "After now, if anything
happens to me, it is on your head"
The incident happened immediately after the first session
of the conference where Mr. Kenny Ogungbe had been amongst a panel of
discussants along side Cool DJ Jimmy Jat, Sound Sultan, MI and Weird MC during
which pertinent industry issues had been raised.
The panel before taking questions from participants
discussed "Looking at the music scene through the eyes of talents, labels,
investors, consumers, regulatory bodies. The role of an artiste in the digital
age and lastly, surviving in a peculiar industry like Nigeria.
However Weird MC in her opening had raised questions on
the "exploitation of our works". She noted that the music industry is
no longer about just entertainment but a business that should be accounted for.
She claimed that music properties of artistes were being exploited with no form
of payments made as settlements.
Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) is Nigeria's sole
government approved collective management organization for musical works and
sound recordings. Weird MC specifically asked the society if they had any kind
of international affiliations with international music copyright regulatory
bodies to help check the exploitation of works put out by Nigerian artistes.
According to her "We need to address the
International Affiliations involved cause this is a business.
Kenny Ogungbe had stepped out after the panel to
re-emphasis these statements made by Weird MC to reporters before making the
comments that infuriated Chief Okoroji.
After the heated argument, both were too angry to speak
further on the testy issue.
0 comments:
Post a Comment
We Love To Hear What You think About The Post Or Blog.