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Viewing cable 08LAGOS484, NIGERIA: LAWYERS, PRODUCERS HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN

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08LAGOS484 2008-12-01 14:43 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Lagos
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ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 011443Z DEC 08
FM AMCONSUL LAGOS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0347
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUEHUJA/AMEMBASSY ABUJA 9988
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHDC
RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC
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RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEWMFD/HQ USAFRICOM STUTTGART GE
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 LAGOS 000484 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DOC FOR 3317/ITA/OA/KBURRESS 
STATE PASS USTR FOR AGAMA 
STATE PASS USAID FOR GWEYNAND AND SLAWAETZ 
STATE PASS OPIC FOR ZHAN AND MSTUCKART 
STATE PASS TDA FOR LFITT, PMARIN 
DOJ FOR MKOUAME 
STATE PASS USCO FOR PPINHA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KIPR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA:  LAWYERS, PRODUCERS HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN 
NATIONAL COPYRIGHT COMMISSION 
 
1.  (SBU) Summary:  In an October 13-14 seminar on 
intellectual property rights for professionals in the film 
industry, participants complained that the Nigerian Copyright 
Commission (NCC) turns a blind eye to massive, blatant piracy 
conducted in plain view of the agency.  The NCC touted a new 
notification process intended to facilitate investigations if 
a complaint is filed.  Filmmakers are planning to engage in 
copyright collective societies and professionalize informal 
production and contract relationships.  End summary. 
 
2.  (U) On October 13-14, the World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO), Nigerian Copyright Commission, and 
Communicating for Change, a non-governmental organization 
that raises awareness on development and environmental 
issues, hosted a national seminar on intellectual property 
rights for professionals in the film industry.  This event 
included speakers from private industry, producers, 
filmmakers, lawyers, and representatives of the NCC. 
Sessions explained Nigerian copyright law, the role of the 
NCC in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR), and 
business models to enhance legal sales and distribution of 
media. 
 
Producers and Lawyers:  The NCC is Ineffective 
--------------------------------------------- - 
 
3.  (SBU) Discussions of the legal framework and enforcement 
mechanisms available to protect the film media revealed that 
the prevailing concern among producers and lawyers is the 
ineffectual role of the NCC.  Vocal participants, such as 
well-known local lawyer Efere Ozako, who defends and promotes 
the copyrights of cable television channel Africa Magic, and 
Peace Fiberisima, filmmaker and Executive Officer for the 
Africa Film Academy, claimed that the NCC has never 
successfully resolved a case submitted for investigation for 
copyright violations.  Ozako and other lawyers accused the 
NCC of falling short of its mandate to combat piracy, and 
said it must take steps to act where there is blatant 
violation of the law.  Many stated that they were ashamed 
that the NCC turns a blind eye to even the most public 
operations of producers and distributors massively engaged in 
the piracy of Nigerian and international films. 
 
NCC: Producers Must Enforce Copyright 
------------------------------------- 
 
4.  (SBU) Representatives of the NCC clarified their view 
that producers are solely responsible for enforcing 
copyright.  Adisa Adedeji, Special Assistant to the Director 
General of the NCC, stated that the NCC is not responsible 
for ferreting out pirates or for prosecuting them.  The NCC 
can only conduct an investigation if a producer finds that 
his copyright is being violated and files the proper reports 
of copyright infringement, he claimed.  Adedeji stated that 
the NCC can only protect work of which it is aware, and so 
has instituted a new notification process that allows 
producers to register their works with the agency.  The new 
process will facilitate investigations if a complaint is 
later filed.  NCC representatives encouraged producers to 
form their own associations and to watch out for copyright 
infringement of each other's work.  The NCC is limited by a 
small budget, which NCC officials claimed was insufficient in 
2008 even to pay salaries; stakeholders, therefore, should 
advocate on behalf of the commission for more resources, they 
urged.  In addition, NCC officials claimed that piraters are 
dangerous people, which limits their ability to bust 
distribution rings.  They also claimed that the NCC is not 
present at the border, making it impossible for the agency to 
fight international smuggling of copyrighted materials.  On 
the margins of the meeting, contacts told Poloff that the NCC 
is likely profiting through bribes and payoffs from the 
piracy. 
 
LAGOS 00000484  002 OF 002 
 
 
 
Solutions Must Come From Within the Industry 
-------------------------------------------- 
 
5.  (U) As a developing industry, Nigerian filmmaking has 
been largely informal and there are rarely contracts or 
documents attesting to the true owners of a film or 
television production.  Participants said that the question 
of informality makes it impossible to determine who should 
get credit for the work.  When the creator of the work cannot 
be identified, it is impossible to enforce a copyright.  In 
light of these challenges, filmmakers at the conference 
emphasized the need to professionalize their industry so as 
to benefit from the legal framework.  Filmmakers and others 
in the film industry were urged to form copyright collective 
societies, which would allow members to work together to sell 
non-exclusive licenses, collect, negotiate, and distribute 
royalties, maintain better vigilance over their work, and 
seek full legal protection.  Organizing would give them more 
power in pushing the NCC to address infringement cases and 
seek compensation for copyright violations. 
 
6.  (SBU) Comment:  The film community's obvious lack of 
confidence in the NCC appears to have pushed it, with a nudge 
in the right directions from WIPO, toward mechanisms that 
will allow it better to protect its works.  Without better 
protection, Nollywood, which produces and distributes more 
films than Hollywood or Bollywood, has no incentive to 
improve the quality of its films, a move widely regarded as 
necessary to make the industry commercially viable.  End 
comment. 
 
7.  (U) This cable has been coordinated with Embassy Abuja. 
BLAIR