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In its battle to curb the rising level of
commercial piracy of Pay TV channels, the Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) in
pursuant to a complaint from MultiChoice, Nigeria’s leading provider of premium
pay entertainment, embarked on an audit of the copyright compliance level of 10
commercial viewing centers in Surulere, Lagos State.
Speaking on the compliance inspection
exercise which took place over the weekend, the Assistant Director,
Prosecutions, NCC, Mrs. Lynda Alphaeus, representing the DG NCC said the aim of
the inspection exercise was to sensitize business outfits (hotels, pubs,
restaurants etc) utilising Pay TV services on the need to comply with the
copyright laws regulating their operations and regularise their TV licence.
Mrs Alphaeus expressed dissatisfaction
that 90 per cent of commercial viewing centers in Surulere are yet to comply
with the authorized DStv commercial bouquet for viewing centres. She
categorically stated that the NCC will not relent in its effort to ensure
a greater percentage of viewing center owners convert to commercial
bouquets accepted for commercial viewing.
According to the Assistant Director,
Prosecutions, copyright laws outlines the following as acts of piracy; Cable
Piracy, Re-broadcasting Piracy, Commercial Piracy, and Circumvention Piracy.
She explained on why the NCC inspectors
embarked on visit of viewing centres. “The visual inspection was to check on
the level of compliance of the DStv commercial licence at viewing centres in
Lawanson, Surulere environs” She remarked.
It would be recalled that in the course
of the year, the NCC raided locations in Abuja FCT and Benin for illegal
distribution of DStv signal and it also raided 14 hotels in Lagos for
commercial piracy and the hotel owners have responded positively by complying
with the commercial bouquet option.
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