Nigeria: Multichoice Nigeria Loses Big in Court, to Pay N5.9 Billion 'Damages'

23 January 2018

A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court has awarded N5.9 billion "special damages" against Multichoice Nigeria Limited in an eight-year-old copyright infringement legal battle between the South African firm and the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria Ltd./GTE.

In a judgment on Friday, Mohammed Idris, the judge, struck out Multichoice's claims against the defendant, the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria Ltd. (MCSN)/GTE.

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