NCC, AVRS meet with copyright stakeholders

Audio Visual Rights Society of Nigeria (AVRS), Nigeria’s collective management organisation for cinematograph films in conjunction with the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), is holding a stakeholders’ event on Thursday, July 14, 2022.

Expected at the event are copyright owners and users of copyright works in the broadcast, hotels and similar establishments, transport sectors and all other sectors deploying works protected by copyright in their facilities and premises.

The event which kicks off at 10am at the Abora Suites, Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, will bring together top movie makers and actors and top executives of the various other stakeholders, across Nigeria.

Also, attending, are the chief executives of NCC, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) and other top government officials from the various agencies as well as representatives of the Nigeria Police Force.

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The Director General of NCC, Dr. John Asein, whose agency is organising the event gives an insight into the reason for the event: “The Commission is interested in the balanced and sustainable use of the copyright system to create wealth and engender growth in the creative sector of the economy. To this end, it is concerned about the challenges faced by right owners, users of copyright works and the CMOs that manage the rights, including the acrimonious issues that often arise from licensing arrangements.”

Asein said the event seeks “to promote win-win outcomes for right owners and users of their works.”

Chairman of AVRS, Mr. Mahmood Ali-Balogun said, “AVRS is a responsible organisation and is willing to engage our esteemed users in an atmosphere of mutual understanding for the greater good of those we represent. We are therefore happy to work with the NCC in achieving this objective, which we believe would be a win-win situation for our members and affiliates and the users.”