COSON hosts digital summit

All is set as Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), in collaboration with Growth & Employment Projects (GEM) Nigeria supported by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment and funded by the World Bank and the United Kingdom’s Department of International Development (DFID) hosts the Nigerian Digital Music Summit.

The two-day summit,, which will take place at Eko Convention Center, Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, on September 28 and 29, has the theme “Establishing the Basic Rules of Engagement in the Digital Environment.”
 COSON Chairman, Chief Tony Okoroji expects to see songwriters, performers, music publishers, music label owners, government regulatory agencies at the summit. “The summit is critical as the production and distribution of music has gone almost completely digital. New business models are emerging. The distribution process is changing rapidly. It is an opportunity to agree on how to move forward so that everybody’s interest is protected and the Nigerian music industry can grow and meet its true potentials,” he stated.


Also speaking, Mr. Efe Omorogbe, CEO of Now Muzik said, “There have been complaints in several quarters that our industry lacks the basic structures to function properly. The Digital Music Summit is one key development that will make up for that inadequacy. Now is the time for all hands to be on deck as we set the future right for our music industry in this digital era.”

The summit will have in attendance copyright experts from around the world such as Tarja Koskinen-Olsson, International Adviser at Olsson & Koskinen Consulting, Finland & Sweden and former President, International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO); Robert Hooijer, International Consultant on Collective Management of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights and former CEO of International Confederation of Societies of Authors & Composers (CISAC) and current Coordinator of International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI) for Sub Saharan Africa; Inger Elise Mey, Director of Online Media, Broadcast and International Licensing at TONO, the Norwegian Performing Rights Society; Nothando Migogo, CEO CAPASSO, the mechanical rights society in South Africa and former Managing Director, DALRO South Africa and Warrick Percy, Head Digital Licensing, CAPASSO, South Africa among others.