Television and radio operators in Nigeria are on high alert as the independent channel TVC was shut down a few hours ago. Reports just reaching the SPY say Television Continental has had its equipment confiscated by court order for its failure to pay artists' royalties on the materials its been airing to the tune of hundreds of millions of Naira.
Sources say the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria obtained an injunction that empowered baillifs and police officers to cart away the channel's tools. The reason the Nigerian entertainment industry is Africa's biggest only on paper is the endemic problem of piracy and non-compliance with copyright laws so TVC's disgrace is only the tip of the iceberg, if the MCSN decides to go after other broadcasters with the same ferociousness then there'll be practically none left.... Any that eventually remain will have to start playing by the rules so artists rejoice, better days are coming.
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