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In an effort to curb the rising level of
commercial piracy of Pay TV signals, MultiChoice, Nigeria’s leading provider of
premium pay entertainment, has urged individuals or entities that use DStv
services for public use without a commercial license to get a commercial
license to enable them broadcast DStv content without litigation.
According to Caroline Oghuma, PR
Manager, DStv, in a statement sent to SHOWBIZPLUSng, MultiChoice gave commercial pirates the
opportunity to convert to legal commercial broadcast in 2013.
“We want these
subscribers to stay on the right side of the law, and those who are yet to
convert are infringing on the copy right laws of Nigeria and will face
appropriate penalties” she declared.
Oghuma, who explained that MultiChoice
is working in association with the Nigerian Copyrights Commission (NCC) to stem
the rising trend in commercial piracy, stated that early this year, officials
of the NCC Lagos Zonal Office issued a 14 day deadline for hotels to obtain the
appropriate commercial licenses for the broadcast of DStv channels in their
hotels.
