Lawyer urges Mike Ejeagha to reject N2M gift, sue Brain Jotter

• The lawyer stated that Mike Ejeagha would make more money suing Brain Jotter than accepting the token of N2 million naira as compensation.
• This came after the skit maker began his hunt for the highlife singer following his viral skit using the man’s song from 1981.

A Nigerian lawyer, identified as Nupe Lawyer, has advised veteran singer Mike Ejeagha to consider legal action against skit maker Brain Jotter for alleged copyright infringement.

This comes after Brain Jotter used Mike Ejeagha’s 1981 song in a viral skit, offering N2M as gift.

The lawyer highlighted the importance of copyright laws and suggested that Mike Ejeagha may be entitled to more compensation than the offered amount.

“I hope the man has a good lawyer😀 you can’t use someone’s song for content raking millions and offer to give the man “2million” as if you are helping the man🤷‍♂️,” he wrote.

The lawyer’s statement on Twitter has sparked a debate, with some users arguing that the song had not generated significant revenue in the past 14 years.

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One bigmorsh said: “Not sure the man go do any case sef after 2 million. Since the song has been there, did it fetch him 2m?”

OritogunM wrote: “He danced to the song; he didn’t utter a single word, didn’t change the lyrics, didn’t change the tone, didn’t perform the song on stage, the man’s name appeared on the original song tag on instagram. Now he has to pay royalties? Megan Thee Stallion is presently trending on TikTok; she should also demand royalties from people for dancing to her song?”

IdanFederal said: “People are funny sha. person dance to song and be blow. if na so he dey be you know how many artist go don blow?…nobody claimed any intellectual property here like say e reproduce am.”

Creed_printz stated: “Wtf is two million, we ain’t serious in this country.”

revelationrabbi noted: “The funny thing is that the same Nigerians who can’t wrap their heads around the infringement of intellectual property as theft are the same Nigerians who want to protest against bad governance.”