Court strikes down COSON's general distribution
Court strikes down COSON’s general distribution On Kindly Share This Story: A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has put an end to Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON)’s “General Distribution” practice. General Distribution, as was COSON’s practice, involved in principle the distribution of the same amount of music royalties (usuallyabout Thirty Thousand Naira) to each of the thousands of members of the organization yearly. This was without regard to the size of music catalogues owned or controlled, or the usage of works. Disclosing this in a statement, Michael Odiong on behalf of...