D’banj fights Kelly Hansome over alleged copyright infringement
Posted By Jay Doherty International
The stage appears set for a
court battle between two
Nigeria’s music artistes, award
winning hip-hop star, D’banj
and Kelly Hansome over
alleged copyright infringement.
A statement from Mo’ Hits
Record (D’banj’s music label)
media Company, Media Image
Managers revealed that the duo
would be heading to the court
room soon if all efforts to make
Kelly Hansome to withdraw the
new song, a remix of D’banj’s
I’m Feeling Good, which
Hansome had released on the
Internet, fail.
Mo’ Hits alleged that the
D’banj’s song, I’m Feeling Good,
was leaked in the process of
recording and it finally found
it’s way into Kelly Hansome’s
hands who quickly did a
‘remix’. “It shows how slippery
the nation’s entertainment
sector is,” the star’s publicist
said in the statement.
The statement read: “Do take
notice that Mo’Hits Records
Limited is the lawful owner of
rights to the recorded material
(I’m Feeling Good) being touted
by one Kelechi Obinna Orji
a.k.a. Kelly Hansome or
persons acting for him.
Mo’Hits Records Limited has not
granted the said rights to Mr.
Hansome or to anyone else. Mr.
Hansome’s possession and
offering of the material at issue
is unauthorized, unjustified,
inexcusable and downright
illegal; the subject of current
civil and criminal proceedings.”
Mo’ Hits advised anyone not to
“publish, offer, play, copy, post
or howsoever treat with the
said material if or when it is
offered to you.”
Hansome through his lawyer
had denied any wrong doing.
“If that position does not
change, Mo’ Hits will be left
with no choice than to seek
redress in the law court but in
the intermission, any third
party that does not want to be
dragged into this litigation
should desist from promoting
the work in any form,” the
statement warned.
court battle between two
Nigeria’s music artistes, award
winning hip-hop star, D’banj
and Kelly Hansome over
alleged copyright infringement.
A statement from Mo’ Hits
Record (D’banj’s music label)
media Company, Media Image
Managers revealed that the duo
would be heading to the court
room soon if all efforts to make
Kelly Hansome to withdraw the
new song, a remix of D’banj’s
I’m Feeling Good, which
Hansome had released on the
Internet, fail.
Mo’ Hits alleged that the
D’banj’s song, I’m Feeling Good,
was leaked in the process of
recording and it finally found
it’s way into Kelly Hansome’s
hands who quickly did a
‘remix’. “It shows how slippery
the nation’s entertainment
sector is,” the star’s publicist
said in the statement.
The statement read: “Do take
notice that Mo’Hits Records
Limited is the lawful owner of
rights to the recorded material
(I’m Feeling Good) being touted
by one Kelechi Obinna Orji
a.k.a. Kelly Hansome or
persons acting for him.
Mo’Hits Records Limited has not
granted the said rights to Mr.
Hansome or to anyone else. Mr.
Hansome’s possession and
offering of the material at issue
is unauthorized, unjustified,
inexcusable and downright
illegal; the subject of current
civil and criminal proceedings.”
Mo’ Hits advised anyone not to
“publish, offer, play, copy, post
or howsoever treat with the
said material if or when it is
offered to you.”
Hansome through his lawyer
had denied any wrong doing.
“If that position does not
change, Mo’ Hits will be left
with no choice than to seek
redress in the law court but in
the intermission, any third
party that does not want to be
dragged into this litigation
should desist from promoting
the work in any form,” the
statement warned.
