Copyright Infringement: Jahbless Challenges Timaya

 

Intellectual theft is a grave offence but Nigerians take it with levity, seeking the easy way out by infringing on someone else’s original work.

Two Nigerian music stars are ready to battle each other over copyright infringement with Jahbless calling out Timaya.

The rapper accused the Bayelsa-born singer of lifting the beat from his single, Jeje featuring Oritsfemi, for Timaya’s latest single Hallelujah.

Timaya dropped the video for Hallelujah last week Thursday, September 10. The video currently has over 20,000 views already on Youtube and massive airplay on television stations.
The self-acclaimed Olori Ebi took his rage to Instagram yesterday to post a portion of Timaya’s Hallelujah and threatened to take the issue to the law court.
He wrote: “Hey bro @timayatimaya who ever produced that your halleluyah jam should be jailed! ..he lifted the instrumental off my album , #iamme album track 2 “jeje ft  @oristefemi ..and gave it to you. I want to believe you know nothing about it cos with your years of experience in this game you should know the consequences of copyright infringements. pls avoid such producers in future cos they might tarnish your image. And for you Mr producer, see you in court “.

Jeje was a single off Jahbless’s ‘I Am Me’ album produced by Krizbeat and released on democracy day, May 29. while Jez Blenda produced Timaya’s Hallelujah and released it on August 15.
As at the time of this report, all efforts to reach the two acts and their camps on this issue proved abortive but we will keep you posted on developments.