{"id":435069,"date":"2011-06-03T03:06:29","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T03:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/03\/2shotz-sues-nokia-5-billion-naira-for-copyright-infringement\/"},"modified":"2011-06-03T03:06:29","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T03:06:29","slug":"2shotz-sues-nokia-5-billion-naira-for-copyright-infringement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/03\/2shotz-sues-nokia-5-billion-naira-for-copyright-infringement\/","title":{"rendered":"2SHOTZ SUES NOKIA #5 BILLION NAIRA FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click for Full Image Size\" onclick=\"window.location='\/image_preview2.asp?img=MlNIT1RaLmpwZWc=';\" class=\"img1 c6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/ae788130image.aspx_.jpg\" border=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n2shotz has decided to take (Nokia) a worldwide phone company to a Lagos high court, demanding #5 billion naira compensation over the copyright infringement.<br \/>\nIn his statement of claims, 2shortz said NOKIA used three of his songs as default ring tones for NOKIA X3 without getting approval and sealing a contract with him. He considered it as illegal.<br \/>\nHe is therefore seeking damages in form of monetary compensation to the tune of N5 billion.<br \/>\nWhile Brendan Rilley, lawyer for NOKIA is saying that they actually got the deal through Orchard, a record label last year, 2shortz said nothing can be farther from the truth.2shortz reiterated that only Umunnamu his record label has the legal rights to enter into any contract with company or individual regarding his songs.<\/div>\n<p><span>Do you have a story\/gist for publication? Please email it to story@nigeriafilms.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriafilms.com\/news\/12018\/3\/2shotz-sues-nokia-5-billion-naira-for-copyright-in.html\" title=\"2SHOTZ SUES NOKIA #5 BILLION NAIRA FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2SHOTZ SUES NOKIA #5 BILLION NAIRA FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 2shotz has decided to take (Nokia) a worldwide phone company to a Lagos high court, demanding #5 billion naira compensation over the copyright infringement. In his statement of claims, 2shortz said NOKIA used three of his songs as default ring tones for NOKIA X3 without getting approval and sealing a contract with him. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2SHOTZ SUES NOKIA #5 BILLION NAIRA FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/03\/2shotz-sues-nokia-5-billion-naira-for-copyright-infringement\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"2SHOTZ SUES NOKIA #5 BILLION NAIRA FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"2shotz has decided to take (Nokia) a worldwide phone company to a Lagos high court, demanding #5 billion naira compensation over the copyright infringement. 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