{"id":18686,"date":"2024-07-23T07:13:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T07:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/?p=18686"},"modified":"2024-07-23T07:14:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T07:14:46","slug":"patrick-doyle-weighs-in-on-brain-jotter-and-mike-ejeagha-copyright-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/2024\/07\/23\/patrick-doyle-weighs-in-on-brain-jotter-and-mike-ejeagha-copyright-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Doyle Weighs in on Brain Jotter and Mike Ejeagha Copyright Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Renowned skit maker Brain Jotter recently gifted legendary musician Mike Ejeagha a substantial sum of money, running into millions, after reviving Ejeagha&#8217;s 40-year-old music in a skit. This act has ignited a debate among netizens regarding copyright and intellectual property laws, with many questioning whether royalties should be paid to Pa Mike.<\/p>\n<p>Offering his perspective, legendary Nollywood actor and movie producer Patrick Doyle shared his expert opinion on the issue:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The duration of the sound clip used in Brain Jotter&#8217;s skit is less than the required length to qualify for royalty sharing under current intellectual property protocols. Essentially, this is an audio-visual work conceived by Brain Jotter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doyle continued, &#8220;Whatever Brain Jotter gifted the old man in appreciation for his audio clip is simply that, a gift. The good news is the audio-visual work has revived interest in the old man&#8217;s works. He can now begin to earn from the renewed interest in his repertoire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By<br \/>\nAnthony Emeka Nwosu<br \/>\nCONN8 MEDIA SOLUTIONS NG<br \/>\nOregun, Ikeja, Lagos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Renowned skit maker Brain Jotter recently gifted legendary musician Mike Ejeagha a substantial sum of money, running into millions, after reviving Ejeagha&#8217;s 40-year-old music in a skit. This act has ignited a debate among netizens regarding copyright and intellectual property laws, with many questioning whether royalties should be paid to Pa Mike. Offering his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[406,391,308,299],"tags":[105,163,221],"class_list":["post-18686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-entertainment","category-leisure","category-trends","tag-arts","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}