Timi Dakolo Drags APC For Copyright Violation Of His Song At Presidential Primary
Popular Nigerian singer, Timi Dakolo, has called out the All Progressives Congress for using his song without his consent.Information Guide Nigeria
According to GISTLOVER, the singer’s hit song, ‘Great Nation’ was played during the presidential primaries of the ruling party on Tuesday night.
Timi Dakolo in a post on Twitter asked why the party would use his song in a rally or campaign without his permission.
GISTLOVER reports that Timi Dakolo wrote: “Why Use an Artist Song without their permission in a rally or campaign.The things people get away with in this Country called Nigeria. Actually this is the second time”
Reacting to this, some netizens wrote,
@roqzee wrote: “Timi Dakolo talked about copyright licensing & ignorant people went in the comments insulting him & saying that songs in a public domain suddenly are free for use & belong to nobody. I hope your employers are not online, it’s good to keep quiet sometimes to hide your ignorance”
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@DemolaRewaju wrote: “Shey Timi Dakolo won’t sue these people like this. Almost a sacrilege to play such a patriotic song at such an unpatriotic gathering”
@segalink wrote: “My brother @timidakolo I hope them don pay us for this song wey them dey play for APC convention so?”
@deehumorous wrote: “Ambassadors for Change… You know u can just pay Timi Dakolo to coman perform it with his real face and voice”Jamb Result
@lordbwoi wrote: “This Timi Dakolo one nation song always brings back this nysc nostalgia. Honestly we need peace in our land, the chaos is too much #APCPrimaries”
