Abstract
This article considers the question of copyright infringement in the use of lyrics in a musical work (in which copyright existed) in another musical work as demonstrated in a lawsuit filed by one Tony Tetuila and Tic Tac (two popular musical artists from Nigeria and Ghana respectively) against Wizkid and DJ Tunes (both musical artist and producer in Nigeria) in regards to their recent song titled โGbeseโ. The article examines the possible outcome of the lawsuit by relying on intellectual property tenets as โoriginalityโ, โfair dealingโ, and as peculiar to the Nigerian setting, โfolklore and expressionโ. From the examination, it became apparent that there was no copyright infringement by Wizkid and DJ Tunes, and Tony Tetuila and Tic Tac lawsuit is destined to fail.
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