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Friday 28 June 2013

SHORT STORY - Your Rights, Your Life


Listening to her new single banging away in the crowded club, Anna couldn’t help the feeling of pride wash through her. ‘My big break may be here’, she thought to herself as she watched the fairly large group of people on the dance floor gyrate to the rhythm of her song which was fast becoming a hit. Just recently she was mentioned as one of the upcoming acts to watch out for on the biggest radio station in the country.
“Ladies and gentlemen”, a voice blared from the speakers as the music lowered in the background, “Welcome on stage, the hot and sexy, Nalyyyyyaaaaaaaa!!!!!”

Nalya was her stage name. The crowd went into frenzy as Anna took to the microphone to perform another of her new single. Although the song was freshly out of the studio, not one person stood still all through her performance, even the bartenders were not left out, everyone screamed and danced as Anna did her thing. “This could be it, please God let this be it”, Anna silently prayed while she went on thrilling the crowd. As she went back to her seat by the bar stand, chants of Nalya, Nalya rented the air and Anna knew deep down within her that she had scored a big one.


“Hi Nalya, that was a good one”, a deep voice resonated by her side, Anna turned round to find herself staring at the disarmingly handsome Jusky. Jusky was the owner of the biggest record label in the country; he was one of the most respected persons in the country too. Rumour had it that he was nursing a political ambition and many believed he will succeed if the time came. 

Friday 21 June 2013

BASIC FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT COPYRIGHT

Bola, a budding writer has just completed the manuscripts of her new novel, The Love Lane. Among the myriad of challenges she is facing in pushing her work to fame and fortune, Bola fears that her work can be ‘stolen’ and worries about what she can do to check that. She shared her fears with her childhood friend Chioma who advised her to ‘get the copyright’ for her work.


Lasleek on the other hand has been pursuing a successful career in music. One day while hanging out with his buddy, Tom, also an aspiring musician, Lasleek shared with him a piece of music he had playing in his head, certain it will be his launch pad to stardom. Tom fell in love with the song immediately and urged him. One weekend while listening to his favourite radio station, Lasleek heard the unmistakable voice of his best friend Tom performing the same song which he shared with him. Heartbroken, Lasleek headed straightaway to his lawyer’s house, confident he had a case against his longtime friend Tom but was in for a shocker when he found out he had none, because he had no proof of ownership of the said piece of music.