Entertainment
NCC Moves To Sanitise CD Production
The Nigerian Copyrights
Commission (NCC) yesterday in Lagos embarked on the inspection of compact disc (CDs) replicating plants to enforce compliance with piracy rules.
The Director, Enforcement, NCC, Mr Augustine Amodu, told newsmen during the tour that the exercise was to ensure that industry operators complied with rules and regulations.
He said though some plants were operating according to standards, there were others that had wrong Source Identification Code (SID) in some of their lines, adding that such plants were shut down. “We try all our possible best in the commission to see that we regulate piracy from going to those producing CDs.
“We’re out again this year to come to see what the replicating plants have been doing. We have already done four of the inspection of the replicating plants we are in the fifth.
“We found a little problem in Shan and we have shut one of the lines down. Shan yesterday told us that they were test-running the line and we said there is no need to test-run.
“You have to go and get an SID code so that we can trace any of the optical discs you have produced in the market.
“The Nigerian Copyright Commission is committed as ever to fight piracy in Nigeria.
He said that the inspection tour would cover not less than 10 replicating plants in Lagos.
The SID Code was initiated by NCC in 2009 to protect the originality of literary and electronic works to guard against piracy.
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They Booed, Threw Bottles At Me – Tems Recounts
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
Entertainment
Primeboy Pleads For Mohbad’s Burial
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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