The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday adjourned until Feb.
10 and Feb. 11, a N300 million damages suit filed by an Abuja-based
musician, Liberty Williams, against MTN.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu fixed the dates for hearing in the
suit.
In the suit filed before the court, Williams with stage name,
“Pupayannis”, joined MTN Chief Executive Officer, Ferdi Moolman; No
Where to Run Entertainment Ltd. and its Chairman, Emmanuel Abanah,
as co-defendants.
The suit filed by Remedium Law Partners (formerly Felix Igelige
and Associate Law Partners) on behalf of the plaintiff, asked the
court to declare that the sale of the song he composed without his
consent by MTN as ring tone constituted infringement on his
copyright.
The plaintiff had alleged that MTN, in collaboration with No
Where to Run Entertainment Company, offered his song “Love is
everything” to its millions of subscribers as ring tone and caller
tune without his consent.
In a statement of claim, the plaintiff said he wrote, composed
and financed the production of the song in July 2013, three months
before he entered into an agreement with No Where to Run
Entertainment Ltd.
He contended that he did not, at any time, surrender the master
tape and the right of the song to the entertainment company and its
chief executive.
The plaintiff prayed the court to award N200 million as general
damages and N100 million as aggravated and punitive damages in his
favour.
Justice Ojukwu, however, adjourned the case until Feb. 10 and
Feb. 11 on the grounds that counsel to third and fourth defendants
said that there was need to regularise the statement of defence and
pleaded for time.
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