{"id":274757,"date":"2011-01-23T21:22:48","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T21:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=49183"},"modified":"2011-01-23T21:22:48","modified_gmt":"2011-01-23T21:22:48","slug":"coson-moves-against-wazobia-cool-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/23\/coson-moves-against-wazobia-cool-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"COSON moves against Wazobia, Cool FM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_49184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49184\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-49184\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/23\/coson-moves-against-wazobia-cool-fm\/okoroji\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49184\" title=\"Okoroji\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Okoroji.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Okoroji<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nCopyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) has requested the Federal                Government of Nigeria to revoke the licenses of two popular radio                stations, Cool FM and Wazobia FM. In a letter written to President                Goodluck Jonathan, COSON argued that the two radio stations are                violating the nation\u2019s broadcast code and the copyright law                which doesn\u2019t allow two radio stations in the same building.<br \/>\n\u201cOwners of Cool FM and Wazobia FM, who make a fortune annually                in advertising revenue, have shown clearly that despite the provisions                of the law, they have no intention of obtaining authorization or                license to play any musical work .In other words, Cool FM and Wazobia                FM are above the law\u201d, COSON stated in a press release made                available to SBN.<br \/>\nAdding his voice to the argument, Chief Tony Okoroji, the Chairman                of COSON while speaking to newsmen at the boardroom of COSON at                Ikeja recently said agencies and firms who support Nigerian acts                shouldn\u2019t deal with the two radio stations.<br \/>\nHe said, \u201cWe wish to notify corporate Nigeria that of the                huge amount of money paid by them to these stations, a small fraction                of which is meant to be used to ensure that the owners of the works                broadcast on the stations are paid, not one kobo is spent by the                owners of Cool FM and Wazobia FM to properly acquire the rights                to the music they broadcast daily.<br \/>\nWe shall therefore consider any advertising agency or organization                still advertising on Cool FM and Wazobia FM as an enemy of Nigeria\u2019s                creative talents bent on aiding and abetting infringement of the                rights of Nigerian artistes\u201d.<br \/>\nThe Chairman also explained that COSON, had on many occasions written                letters to Cool FM and Wazobia FM, inviting them for discussions,                as they do with others over works of art they broadcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) has requested the Federal Government of Nigeria to revoke the licenses of two popular radio stations, Cool FM and Wazobia FM. 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