{"id":132935,"date":"2023-12-19T16:06:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/asake-doesnt-owe-royalties-to-epp-me-police-officer-lawyer\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T16:06:16","slug":"asake-doesnt-owe-royalties-to-epp-me-police-officer-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/asake-doesnt-owe-royalties-to-epp-me-police-officer-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAsake Doesn\u2019t Owe Royalties To \u2018Epp Me\u2019 Police Officer\u201d \u2013 Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Raphael Irenen, an entertainment attorney, has claimed that viral police officer Helen Utabor isn\u2019t eligible to get any money from the Afrobeats sensation Asake.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-903832 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_1007.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"739\" height=\"415\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Otabhor is the policewoman in a video that went viral from her altercation with a purported traffic offender.<\/p>\n<p>She became a sensation in May 2022 after a video of her crying for help as a commuter drove off with her.<\/p>\n<p>Popular comedian, I Go Save, publicly claimed that the injured cop was struck by a car while directing traffic in Edo and requested assistance on her behalf.<\/p>\n<p>After the accident, there was uproar when I Go Save revealed that<strong> Asake had given her N5 million<\/strong> for medical care.<\/p>\n<p>Many argued that the singer ought to have given the police officer royalties for lending her voice to his song \u201cPeace be unto you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Irenen mentioned that the Nigerian Copyright Act grants copyright to six categories of works, during Monday appearance on Arise TV\u2019s Good Morning Show.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: \u201cI\u2019m Human, A Christian And I Serve In A Real Church\u201d \u2013 Spyro Reacts After Getting Dragged For Carol Performance At Church<\/p>\n<p>He enumerated them as follows: writing, painting, music, broadcasting, sound recording, and audiovisual activities. The attorney said that the viral video was an example of an audiovisual production.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Asake owes Utaboh royalties, Irenen simply replied,<em>\u201cLooking at the provisions of the law, the simple answer is No.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCopyright in an audio-visual work goes to the author. Copyright generally under the Nigeria Copyright Act goes to the author. That is Section 28 of the Nigeria Copyright Act.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe video itself comprises the woman\u2019s voice. It is quite reasonable to expect that people would advocate that she be compensated. But it doesn\u2019t work that way.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe video was a spontaneous activity. If there was an agreement that stated the lady (Utaboh) would be entitled to something, royalties or she has certain ownership over the said video, that would have been different. But there was no agreement to that effect. The young man took out his phone and started recording\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He added; <em>\u201cIf you remove the lady\u2019s voice, you make it a stand-alone item. Asake only used her voice alone. He did not use the video.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a tweet via his account, Irenen explained;\u00a0<em>\u201cShe is not entitled to any royalty accruing from the song. Though her voice was used\/sampled in the record, she is not the owner of the video, from which her voice was expunged and used for the said song. Recall that a video was made where she was seen shouting \u2018Epp me.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1118066785\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raphael Irenen, an entertainment attorney, has claimed that viral police officer Helen Utabor isn\u2019t eligible to get any money from the Afrobeats sensation Asake. Otabhor is the policewoman in a video that went viral from her altercation with a purported traffic offender. 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