Court denies N500m copyright violations lawsuit against singer, Kcee, and E-Money

The N500 million copyright infringement lawsuit filed against musician Kcee, businessman E-Money, and his file impress Five Star Tune Restricted has been changed into down.

A federal excessive court in Lagos pushed aside the lawsuit.

The presiding reflect, Kehinde Ogundare, issued the verdict on Monday, citing that Jude Nnam, the plaintiff, failed to put up decent evidence to place the copyright infringement disclose.

Nnam, a Nigerian composer, mentioned Kcee surreptitiously integrated his songs ‘Som Too Chukwu’, ‘Otito Diri Chineke’, and ‘Okay’ Anyi Jee N’ Ulo Chukwu’ in his album.

Nnam alleged that Kcee integrated his musical creations on ‘Cultural Praise Vol. 1’ without his permission.

The composer requested a written or oral certification that the three defendants collectively violated his copyright by making and promoting it without his authorization.

He extra requested that the defendants pay all royalties on the song and forestall any infringement.

Nnam also demanded a injure rate of N500 million from the defendants, besides to N5 million in costs of litigation.

However, KCee and E-Money denied all of the plaintiff’s claims. As well they called Nnam’s allegations “frivolous” and an strive to extort them.

As effectively as to dismissing the criticism, Ogundare awarded Nnam N1 million in punitive costs.

The copyright infringement litigation has been continuing since 2021.