Popular nollywood twins, Chidimma and Chidiebere Aneke have sued Multichoice for showing their movie without permission. The said movie, Compulsory Risk, was released in 2009.
The premium tv povider, Multichoice, was further sued for allegedly presenting fake documents while defending its actions.
The film was aired on November 5, 2010, which the Aneke twins reportedly recorded with their phones.
According to the twins, “we went for the copyright of ‘Compulsory Risk’ on 04/09/2009, and we were given the Acknowledgement of Copyright Notification on the 14/12/2009.
“We also censored the movie at the National Film and Video Censors Board, Onitsha, Anambra State, on 11/09/09, and we received the censorship approval on 05/10/2009. We Released ‘Compulsory Risk’ that Dec 2009″. They had claimed.
More details as events unfold.
This is a good development. It's time for intellectual property rights to be respected in this country.
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