Tag: avcnu, IP, NCC, nigerian varsities
NCC, AVCNU set agenda for model IP policy for Nigerian varsities
The first draft of an Intellectual Property (IP) Policy for Nigerian universities will soon be finalised by Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), working with the...
NCC sympathies with optical discs regulators, to regulate depuplicators
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, is poised to enforce the provisions of the Copyright (Optical Discs Plants)...
Nigeria’s broadband penetration now 42.02% – NCC
This was revealed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in its latest statistics. This means the country’s broadband penetration has so far grown by...
NCC, NFVCB renew partnership on anti-piracy
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) have committed to a renewed interagency collaboration to boost implementation of...
NCC supports MCSN’s GOCREATE APP
The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has expressed its unflinching support for the Musical Copyright Society Nigeria’s (MCSN) GOCREATE APP which will soon be...
NCC to prosecute online service providers for copyright infractions
Online service providers, including hosts of e-libraries, would be held responsible for any copyright infractions on their platforms, Director-General of Nigerian...
NCC demands transparency, professionalism for enhanced copyright enforcement
Operatives of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have been charged to uphold the Public Service ethics of transparency, accountability, integrity and professionalism...
FHC Uyo jails Bible pirate two years
The Federal High Court, Uyo, has sentenced Mr. Chinonso Ugochukwu to two years imprisonment having convicted him on a two-count charge of selling infringing books,...
Okoroji goes to court again, refiles case against NCC’s Obi Ezeilo
…Claims N150m for slander In keeping with a pledge he made in March, 2020, Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Chief Tony Okoroji, has refiled his...
5G deployment: Bring your research proposals, NCC tasks academicians
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has invited proposals from academics in tertiary institutions that have feasible research ideas, capable of replacing or...
