Nigerian-French singer, songwriter, and recording artist Bukola Elemide popularly known in music circles as Asa has slammed a N300 million lawsuit against Joseph Akinawale Akinfenwa aka Joeboy over alleged copyright theft.
In the suit which Joeboy shared on his Instagram page, Asa through her management claimed that a recent song released by the ‘Alcohol’ singer titled ‘Contour’ was lifted from her musical composition which she recorded on the month of September 22nd, 2020.
Asa also demanded in the suit that Joeboy immediately remove the song from all DSPs and any other platforms within twenty-four (24) hours of the receipt of the letter.
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The suit reads thus in part; ”It has been brought to our attention that your newly released song, Contour (the “Song”), infringes on the copyright of our Client, as recorded/captured in a musical composition (the “Composition”) which she created in a recording session, which took place on 22 September 2020, with the producer of the Song, Alageu Michael Chidozie (p.k.a Tempoe) in attendance.
It added; ”We hereby demand that you immediately remove the song from all DSPs and any other platforms within twenty-four (24) hours of your receipt of this letter, with a written apology issued to our Client as well as halt any additional infringements of our Composition, including any other infringements.
‘‘We also demand that the sum of N300,000,000 (Three Hundred Million Naira) as well as a 60% (sixty percent) publishing split on the Song be assigned to our Client.”
